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Crosby Bridge

Wells County, Indiana
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Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Wabash River on IN 1 in Bluffton
Location
Wells County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1934; rehabilitated 1941 and 2006
Design
Closed-spandrel concrete arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 71.8 ft.
Total length: 342.8 ft.
Deck width: 43.6 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Wabash River IN 1 Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.74194, -85.17111   (decimal degrees)
40°44'31" N, 85°10'16" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/654414/4511719 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Bluffton
Inventory numbers
INNBI 000380 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 17301 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 07/2010)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 66.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
29,994

Categories 

Arch (9,419)
Built 1934 (539)
Built during 1930s (8,551)
Closed-spandrel arch (2,759)
Deck arch (8,700)
Have street view (9,891)
IN 1 (11)
Indiana (3,348)
NR-eligible (3,749)
 Open (28,316)
Owned by state (9,808)
Select (538)
Skewed (4,080)
Span length 50-75 feet (6,996)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,371)
Wabash River (87)
Wells County, Indiana (30)

Update Log 

  • September 17, 2012: New Street View added by Nathan Holth
  • February 17, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Changed common name

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Nathan Holth
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Wabash River IN 1 Bridge
Posted February 17, 2010, by Deb (pperryy [at] onlyinternet [dot] net)

FYI: Very few of the locals know it, but the name of this bridge is the Crosby Bridge. We have a lot of information about it at the Wells County Public Library.

Here are links to some pictures of it:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/debperry/2524194185/in/set-72157605267756283/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/debperry/2558396135/in/set-72157605267756283/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/debperry/3395399205/in/set-72157605267756283/

Wabash River IN 1 Bridge
Posted August 7, 2007, by Michael Lampman (mlampman [at] fveng [dot] com)

This bridge was redecked in 2006 with wider lanes and narrower sidewalks. A steel truss pedestrian bridge was placed to the west to make up for the "loss" of sidewalks on the highway bridge.