Indiana Avenue Bridge

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Facts 

Overview

Through truss bridge over Elkhart River on Indiana Avenue in Goshen

Location

Goshen, Elkhart County, Indiana

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1898 by the Bellefontaine Bridge & Iron Co.; rehabilitated 1986

Builder

- Bellefontaine Bridge & Iron Co. of Bellefontaine, Ohio

Design

Pin-connected, 12-panel Pennsylvania through truss with steel grate deck

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 173.8 ft.
Total length: 182.0 ft.
Deck width: 23.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.2 ft.

Recognition

Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on September 15, 2005

Also called

Fort Wayne Street Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.59306, -85.84833   (decimal degrees)
41°35'35" N, 85°50'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Inventory numbers

INNBI 2000170 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
NRHP 05001018 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 16094 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 11/2006)

Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 47.2 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 2003)

4,301

Categories 

Update Log 

• October 31, 2005: Posted photos from Nathan Holth

Sources 

• Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere - by Nathan Holth

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