Main Street Bridge

Photos 

Elevation. Image Taken From The North, Showing A Portion Of One Of The Elliptical Ring Arches, Parts Of The Central Arch And The Two Minor Semi-Circular Arches

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Lost concrete arch bridge over East Fork Whitewater River on US 40

Location

Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana

Status

Replaced by new bridge

History

Built 1917; rehabilitated 1958; replaced 2000

Builder

- Isaac Smith

Design

Open-spandrel arch

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 125.0 ft.
Total length: 599.1 ft.
Deck width: 42.7 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+39.82833, -84.90167   (decimal degrees)
39°49'42" N, 84°54'06" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/679568/4410810 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Richmond

Inventory numbers

INNBI 014170 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 39746 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 10/1990)

Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 29.1 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 1986)

22,600

Categories 

Update Log 

• February 1, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Name, Builer, Design and HAER data
• February 8, 2009: Added by James Baughn

Sources 

• HAER IN-89 - Main Street Bridge, Spanning East Fork Whitewater River, Richmond, Wayne County, IN
• Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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