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Overview: Concrete arch bridge over the Madison Railroad at Madison State Hospital, just off IN 7
Location: Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana
Status: Open to one-lane light traffic
History: Built 1930
Design: Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 35.7 ft.
Total length: 56.7 ft.
Deck width: 11.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.75448, -85.39710 (decimal degrees)
38°45'16" N, 85°23'50" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/639279/4290751 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Clifty Falls
Inventory numbers: INNBI 060360 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16388 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2007): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 59.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004): 133

State Hospital Entrance Bridge

Posted November 28, 2007, by Satolli Glassmeyer (info [at] scenicroadrallies [dot] com)

This bridge is now closed to all traffic.