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US27 Meridian Street Bridge

Jay County, Indiana

Photos 

Photo taken by Anthony Dillon in December 2008

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BH Photo #130723

Map 

Street View 

Video 

US27 Meridian Street Bridge

Mike Daffron

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Facts 

Overview
Arch bridge over Salamonie River on US 27 in Portland
Location
Portland, Jay County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1914; rehabilitated 1997
Builder
- I.E. Smith
Design
Concrete Rainbow Arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 109.9 ft.
Total length: 119.7 ft.
Deck width: 29.2 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.43083, -84.97778   (decimal degrees)
40°25'51" N, 84°58'40" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/671532/4477540 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Portland
Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
7,089
Inventory numbers
INNBI 007350 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16371 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of May 2017)
Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 73.9 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Arch (12,403)
Built 1914 (822)
Built during 1910s (9,812)
Concrete pony arch (48)
Functionally obsolete (6,074)
HAER documented (1,108)
Have street view (27,720)
I.E. Smith (2)
Indiana (4,994)
Jay County, Indiana (44)
 Open (40,263)
Owned by state (16,238)
Portland, Indiana (3)
Rainbow arch (251)
Salamonie River (10)
Select (530)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,461)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,257)
US 27 (19)

Update Log 

  • December 29, 2020: New photo from Tony Dillon
  • August 10, 2019: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • May 27, 2019: New video from Mike Daffron
  • February 17, 2019: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • November 14, 2010: New photos from Anthony Dillon
  • March 14, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Added street view
  • January 28, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Added Builder and category
  • July 25, 2009: Updated by Anthony Dillon: common name
  • July 24, 2009: Updated by Anthony Dillon
  • December 21, 2008: New photos from Anthony Dillon

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • HAER IN-93 - Meridian Street Bridge, Spanning Salamonie River at State Road 27, Portland, Jay County, IN
  • Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Meridian Street Bridge
Posted September 17, 2012, by jayhawk

The HEAR photos were taken in 1996 before the restoration in 1997, so the railing looks like an exact copy of the original.

This was a beautiful rehabilitation - it looks brand new!

Meridian Street Bridge
Posted February 28, 2012, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

At least these changes appear to have been in-kind. I don't know what the original railings looked like, but the current ones do look like they belong there.

Meridian Street Bridge
Posted February 28, 2012, by Nathan Holth

According to rehab plans the only thing original on the whole bridge is the arch ribs. Hangers, floorbeams, railing, etc have all been replaced.