Structure 6400127 · Porter County, IN

Joliet Road over Chicago Ft Wayne Eastern

Carries Joliet Road over Chicago Ft Wayne Eastern, 00.10 W SR 130.

Overall conditionFair

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

How ratings work
Decksets the rating5/9 · Fair
Superstructuresets the rating5/9 · Fair
Substructure6/9 · Satisfactory
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT125 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 5/9 · sets the ratingSuperstructure 5/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 6/9

125 ft end to end. 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 girder bridge.

Built1930rebuilt 2009
Length125.3 ft38.2 m
Daily traffic8,090counted 2018
Last inspectedMay 2024every 24 months

Location

StateIndiana
CountyPorter
Location00.10 W SR 130
CarriesJoliet Road
CrossesChicago Ft Wayne Eastern
Coordinates41.46978, -87.07285

Physical Characteristics

MaterialSteel
DesignGirder and Floorbeam
Total Length125.3 ft (38.2 m)
Max Span85.6 ft (26.1 m)
Deck Width45.3 ft (13.8 m)
Deck Area527.2 sq m
Main Spans1
Year Built1930 (reconstructed 2009)

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic8,090 (2018)
Truck Traffic6%
Lanes On Bridge2

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionMay 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 24 months
OwnerCounty Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is not eligible for the National Register
Scour CriticalNot applicable
Structure Number6400127

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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