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Looking East Photo taken by James McCray |
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Bridge Plaque Photo taken by James McCray |
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Overhead Bracing Detail Photo taken by James McCray |
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Deck View Photo taken by James McCray |
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Jones and Laughlin Name of company that provided the steel for the bridge. Photo taken by James McCray |
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Bluegrass Creek on Heckel Road in Evansville
- Location
- Evansville, Vanderburgh County, Indiana
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1893
- Design
- Through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 150.9 ft.
Total length: 154.8 ft.
Deck width: 15.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 22.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.03472, -87.48306 (decimal degrees)
38°02'05" N, 87°28'59" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/457608/4209777 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Daylight
- Inventory numbers
- INNBI 8200071 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 17126 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 12/2006)
- Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 44.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
- 560
Sources
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
- James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com