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New Pekin-Main Street Bridge

Washington County, Indiana

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Overview

Photo taken by James McCray

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Video 

New Pekin Main Street Bridge

Mike Daffron

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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
Wrought iron, pin-connected, 7-panel Pratt 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.
Also called
Bridge #P-2
South Fork Blue River-Main St. Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.50095, -86.00973   (decimal degrees)
38°30'03" N, 86°00'35" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/586349/4261863 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Salem
Average daily traffic (as of 2012)
494
Inventory numbers
INNBI 8800133 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 17235 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of July 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 30.6 (out of 100)
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Categories 

19th Century (8,366)
7-panel truss (467)
Built 1884 (197)
Built during 1880s (2,167)
Have street view (28,893)
Indiana (5,098)
King Bridge Co. (435)
New Pekin, Indiana (3)
One-lane traffic (7,835)
Open (40,968)
Owned by county (21,607)
 Pin-connected (4,694)
Pratt through truss (6,055)
Pratt truss (10,295)
Select (531)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,554)
Through truss (16,767)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,375)
Truss (35,443)
Washington County, Indiana (66)
Wrought Iron (417)

Update Log 

  • July 24, 2019: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • December 30, 2017: New video from Mike Daffron
  • November 26, 2017: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • November 12, 2017: New photos from Mike Daffron
  • August 17, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • August 2, 2015: New photos from J.P.
  • December 20, 2011: New photos from J.P.
  • April 15, 2010: New Street View added by J.P.
  • February 28, 2010: New photos from J.P.
  • March 26, 2009: Updated by Anthony Dillon
  • June 22, 2008: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Builder
  • January 30, 2008: New photos from James McCray

Sources 

  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Mike Daffron - daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

New Pekin-Main Street Bridge
Posted November 25, 2017, by Mike Daffron (daffmikron [at] gmail [dot] com)

Bridge currently closed again for rehab.

Main Street Bridge
Posted September 21, 2013, by gary stephens (rebel9668 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This bridge was re-worked again in about 2011, they took out the paved floor and re-installed a wood plank floor onto it.

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