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Bridge Street Bridge

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Key Facts
Bridge Name Facility Carried / Feature Intersected Location Structure Type Construction Date / Builder or Contractor
Bridge Street Bridge Bridge Street Over St. Joseph River Elkhart: Elkhart County, Indiana Concrete Stringer, Stationary 1939 By: H. L. Maddocks Company
Technical Facts
Structure Length Roadway Width Main Spans Approach Spans
274 Feet (83.5 Meters) 39 Feet (12 Meters) 1 None

This is an unusual bridge as it is a curved t-beam bridge. The arches feature decorative treatment as do the piers on the bridge which extend above the guardrails of the bridge. With the large concrete piers and the shallow arch at the central span, it is not hard to imagine that if a double-leaf plate girder bascule bridge were magically turned to concrete, this is what it might look like!

This bridge was built in 1939. The contractor for the bridge was H. L. Maddocks Co. The bridge was built through Depression relief programs which increases the bridge's historic significance.

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