Built 1932 as a State Highway Bridge - relocated in 1968 to current location
Design
Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 109.2 ft.
Total length: 124.0 ft.
Deck width: 23.9 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Meridian Road Bridge
Carroll County Bridge 87
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.60130, -86.52509 (decimal degrees) 40°36'05" N, 86°31'30" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/540180/4494607 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Flora
Inventory numbers
INNBI 0800064 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 15873 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2007)
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: 82.3 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
180
Categories
Update Log
June 30, 2008: Updated by Paul Brandenburg: clarified built as a State Highway bridge and relocated
June 26, 2008: Updated by Paul Brandenburg: added county bridge number
October 2, 2006: Posted photo from Tom Hall
Sources
Tom Hall - thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com
Paul Brandenburg - indianabridges [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
Posted October 3, 2008, by RB (jrbozell45 [at] hotmail [dot] com)
Summer 07
Meridian Road Bridge
Posted September 28, 2007, by RL Bozell (jrbozell45 [at] hotmail [dot] com)
09/28/07 Visited this bridge today for photo ops. Newly repainted and abutments rebuilt. Easy to find 1/2 mile south of St hwy 218, just east of Camden, In. Scenic setting.