Historic Bridges of the U.S. | Gospel Street Bridge

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Overview: Through truss bridge over Lick Creek on Gospel Street in Paoli
Location: Orange County, Indiana
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built ca. 1880
Design: Through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 90.5 ft.
Total length: 92.8 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 10.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.55444, -86.46833 (decimal degrees)
38°33'16" N, 86°28'06" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: INNBI 5900102 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16736 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2006): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 71.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004): 632

Comments

Gospel Street Bridge

Posted March 28, 2007, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This beauty was built in 1890 by the Cleveland Bridge & Iron Works. It was restored a few years ago and looks good, except the paint isn't holding up very well. There is a neat pedestrian bridge next to it that is also historic.

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