South Fork Deer Creek US 35 Bridge

Cass County, Indiana

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West side

Photo taken by James Norwood

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Looking North along US 35 leaving Galvestion

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West side wide view

Taken from nearby Galvestion Waterworks

Photo taken by James Norwood

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Facts 

Overview
Concrete arch bridge over South Fork Deer Creek on US 35 in Galveston
Location
Cass County, Indiana
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1939; rehabilitated 1970. Once the Indiana Union Traction(later Indiana RR) interurban passed over this Right of way with their own track and bridge, later abandoned and US 35 built over old ROW.
Design
Arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 69.2 ft.
Total length: 123.7 ft.
Deck width: 44.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.58139, -86.19000   (decimal degrees)
40°34'53" N, 86°11'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/568551/4492604 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Galveston
Inventory numbers
INNBI 011250 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 15897 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2006)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 93.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
10,266

Categories 

Arch (8,290)
Built 1939 (405)
Built during 1930s (7,082)
Cass County, Indiana (61)
Deck arch (7,401)
Indiana (2,585)
Open (23,106)
Owned by state (7,025)
Skewed (3,683)
Span length 50-75 feet (5,604)
Total length 100-125 feet (2,936)
US 35 (9)

Update Log 

  • April 9, 2009: Updated by James Norwood: added history

Sources 

  • James Norwood - jdrjeep [at] aol [dot] com