Structure 2000170 · Elkhart County, IN

Indiana AVE over Elkhart River

Carries Indiana AVE over Elkhart River, 00.30 N Of US 33.

Overall conditionFair

Set by its lowest-rated component: Superstructure at 5 of 9.

How ratings work
Deck7/9 · Good
Superstructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
Substructure6/9 · Satisfactory
Channelnot part of overall6/9 · Satisfactory
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT184 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 7/9Superstructure 5/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 6/9

184 ft end to end: about 3 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.

Built1896rebuilt 2011
Length183.7 ft56 m
Daily traffic3,593counted 2019
Last inspectedSeptember 2024every 24 months

Location

StateIndiana
CountyElkhart
Location00.30 N Of US 33
CarriesIndiana AVE
CrossesElkhart River
Coordinates41.59332, -85.84854

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel
DesignTruss - Thru
Total Length183.7 ft (56 m)
Max Span179.8 ft (54.8 m)
Deck Width36.4 ft (11.1 m)
Deck Area621.6 sq m
Main Spans1
Year Built1896 (reconstructed 2011)

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic3,593 (2019)
Truck Traffic5%
Lanes On Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionSeptember 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerCounty Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is on the National Register of Historic Places
Scour Critical5 — Stable for scour
Structure Number2000170

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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