SR 46 over BIRCH CREEK

This bridge is no longer in the current National Bridge Inventory database, and has likely been demolished or abandoned.

Map

Coordinates:
+39.38833, -87.12833
39°23'18" N, 87°07'42" W

Source: National Bridge Inventory. Information not verified; use at your own risk.

Name:	SR 46 over BIRCH CREEK
Structure number:	017020
Location:	1.5 km W SR 59
Purpose:	Carries highway over waterway
Route classification:	Major Collector (Rural) `[07]`
Length of largest span:	96.1 ft. `[29.3 m]`
Total length:	100.1 ft. `[30.5 m]`
Roadway width between curbs:	24.0 ft. `[7.3 m]`
Deck width edge-to-edge:	24.9 ft. `[7.6 m]`
Owner:	State Highway Agency `[01]`
Year built:	1932
Year reconstructed:	1979
Historic significance:	Bridge is possibly eligible for the National Register of Historic Places `[3]`
Design load:	M 18 / H 20 `[4]`
Main span material:	Steel `[3]`
Main span design:	Truss - Thru `[10]`
Deck type:	Concrete Cast-in-Place `[1]`
Wearing surface:	Monolithic Concrete (concurrently placed with structural deck) `[1]`

Good/Fair/Poor Condition:	Poor
Status:	Open, no restriction `[A]`
Average daily traffic:	3,440 `[as of 2006]`
Truck traffic:	11% of total traffic
Deck condition:	Poor `[4 out of 9]`
Superstructure condition:	Serious `[3 out of 9]`
Substructure condition:	Fair `[5 out of 9]`
Structural appraisal:	Basically intolerable requiring high priority of corrrective action `[3]`
Deck geometry appraisal:	Basically intolerable requiring high priority of replacement `[2]`
Water adequacy appraisal:	Equal to present minimum criteria `[6]`
Roadway alignment appraisal:	Equal to present desirable criteria `[8]`
Channel protection:	Bank protection is in need of minor repairs. River control devices and embankment protection have a little minor damage. Banks and/or channel have minor amounts of drift. `[7]`
Scour condition:	Bridge foundations determined to be stable for assessed or calculated scour condition. `[5]`
Sufficiency rating:	22.5
Recommended work:	Replacement of bridge or other structure because of substandard load carrying capacity or substantial bridge roadway geometry. `[31]`
Estimated cost of work:	$1,330,000

Date	Condition	Deck	Superstructure	Substructure	ADT	Suff. Rating
July 2013	Poor	Poor	Serious	Fair	3440	22.5
July 2012	Poor	Poor	Serious	Fair	3440	4.8
July 2011	Poor	Poor	Serious	Fair	3440	12.7
October 2010	Poor	Poor	Poor	Fair	3440	37.3
November 2008	Poor	Poor	Poor	Fair	4163	39.1
April 2007	Poor	Poor	Poor	Fair	4163	34.4
March 2005	Poor	Poor	Poor	Fair	4163	31.5
March 2003	Fair	Fair	Fair	Satisfactory	4081	44.4
March 2001	Fair	Satisfactory	Fair	Satisfactory	4081	45.5
March 1999	Fair	Satisfactory	Fair	Satisfactory	3166	46.0
March 1997	Fair	Satisfactory	Fair	Satisfactory	3166	46.0
March 1995	Fair	Satisfactory	Fair	Satisfactory	3089	46.2
March 1993	Fair	Satisfactory	Fair	Satisfactory	3200	49.1
March 1991	Fair	Satisfactory	Fair	Fair	3200	55.2