Structure 5100035 · Martin County, IN

Brooks Bridge Road over East Fork Of White River

Carries Brooks Bridge Road over East Fork Of White River, 0.83 W Hindostan Fall RD.

Overall conditionPoor

Set by its lowest-rated component: Superstructure at 4 of 9.

How ratings work
Deck7/9 · Good
Superstructuresets the rating4/9 · Poor
Substructure5/9 · Fair
Channelnot part of overall6/9 · Satisfactory
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT383 FT OVERALL50 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9Superstructure 4/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 5/9

383 ft end to end, longest span 185 ft: about 5 semi-trucks nose to tail. Lengths and the semi-truck on the deck are drawn to the same scale. Each part is colored by its latest inspection rating. The inventory records lengths but not heights or the layout of the shorter spans, so those are drawn as typical for a through truss.

Built1894rebuilt 2009
Length382.9 ft116.7 m
Daily traffic107counted 2013
Last inspectedNovember 2023every 12 months

Location

StateIndiana
CountyMartin
Location0.83 W Hindostan Fall RD
CarriesBrooks Bridge Road
CrossesEast Fork Of White River
Coordinates38.61406, -86.84865

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel
DesignTruss - Thru
Total Length382.9 ft (116.7 m)
Max Span184.7 ft (56.3 m)
Deck Width15.1 ft (4.6 m)
Deck Area536.8 sq m
Main Spans2
Year Built1894 (reconstructed 2009)

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic107 (2013)
Lanes On Bridge1

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionNovember 2023
Inspection FrequencyEvery 12 months
OwnerCounty Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is eligible for the National Register
Scour Critical3 — Scour critical
Structure Number5100035

How Bridge Ratings Work

Inspectors rate each major part of a bridge (the deck you drive on, the superstructure of beams that holds it up, and the substructure of piers and abutments beneath) on a 0–9 scale. A bridge's overall condition is its lowest of those ratings, so one deteriorated component makes the whole bridge "poor."

0Failed
1Imminent failure
2Critical
3Serious
4Poor
5Fair
6Satisfactory
7Good
8Very good
9Excellent
Good · lowest component 7–9
Fair · lowest component 5–6
Poor · lowest component 0–4

A poor rating is not a closure. It means the bridge is flagged for priority repair or replacement; bridges judged unsafe are closed or posted with weight limits. The waterway (channel) rating is reported, but it does not count toward the overall classification.

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