Facts
- Overview
- Closed through truss bridge over Kankakee River on State Line Road
- Location
- Lake County, Indiana
- Status
- Closed to all traffic
- History
- Built 1926
- Design
- Through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 222.1 ft.
Total length: 224.0 ft.
Deck width: 17.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 19.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.16583, -87.52639 (decimal degrees)
41°09'57" N, 87°31'35" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory numbers
- INNBI 4500033 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16489 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 08/2004)
- Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 29.2 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
- 110
Comments
Tony, According to my resources this bridge was built in 1900, which seems more appropriate.
I haven’t really heard any thing new about it’s future, I’m sure it’s doomed.
Being as this is a pin-connected span, I would say 1926 is probably not a correct date of construction.....probably closer to turn of the century. Tom, do you know anything about it's current status?
I noticed there were no pictures posted of this bridge, so here are a few.
After seeing some wonderful photos of the State Line Road bridge, I can't help but ask some urgent questions:
First of all, who would think of relocating it somewhere else where its use is limited?
Secondly, anyone who thinks this bridge should be demolished has no clue on what they're talking about. Why raze it if it can be improved or refurbished from a structural standpoint?
True, this particular area of the Kankakee River has a real big dilemma with flooding, logjams, debris, etc. not only on the Illinois side but also in Indiana. But that's no reason why this bridge shouldn't be saved or rebuilt to meet every safety requirement you can name off the top of your head.
Anyways, if anyone hasn't checked out the bridge from other websites or personally, give it a go; it's one of three truss bridges in all of Lake County that deserve to stay where they are, not to wither into oblivion (like the Maple Street bridge in central Michigan) but to become of great historical value in the future.