Historic Bridges of the U.S. | South Fork Blue River Main Street Bridge

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Overview

Photo taken by James McCray

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Deck View

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West Portal

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Western Approach

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Eastern Portal

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Closeup of Eastern Portal

Note the lattice design for the overhead entrance bracing.

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Oblique View

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Photo taken by Anthony Dillon

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Facts

Overview: Through truss bridge over South Fork Blue River on Main Street in New Pekin
Location: New Pekin, Washington County, Indiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1884; rehabilitated 1987 and 2007
Builder: - King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
Design: Through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 110.9 ft.
Total length: 111.8 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.6 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.50083, -86.00972 (decimal degrees)
38°30'03" N, 86°00'35" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/586350/4261850 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Palmyra
Inventory numbers: INNBI 8800133 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 17235 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 09/2006): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 22.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 312

Update Log

June 22, 2008: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Builder
January 30, 2008: New photos from James McCray

Sources

James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
Anthony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com

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South Fork Blue River Main Street Bridge

Posted November 5, 2006, by Dan Reitmeyer (danreitmeyer [at] charter [dot] net)

This bridge is being rehabilitated over the winter and into the spring of 2006 -07