Indian River Straits Highway Bridge

Photo

Indian River 1935

Unknown photographer

RPPC 1935 unknown publisher

BH Photo #378907

Overview: Lost Concrete curved chord through girder bridge over Indian River on Straits Highway (formerly US 27)
Location: Indian River, Cheboygan County, Michigan
Status: Replaced by new bridge
History: Built 1924, demolished December 2011
Builder: - J. B. Whitcomb Construction Co.
Design: Concrete curved chord through girder
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 85.0 ft.
Total length: 90.9 ft.
Deck width: 22.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +45.41316, -84.61154 (decimal degrees)
45°24'47" N, 84°36'42" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/686888/5031624 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Indian River
Inventory numbers: MINBI 16200015000B020 (Michigan bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory 2010 and before)
BH 52237 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 09/1997): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 39.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 1991): 3,560