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Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S  - Dismantled and/or in storage. L -  Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.

Total Bridges Found: 35

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16th Street Bridge
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16th Street Over White River in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 688 ft. Main Span: 126 ft. Roadway: 54 ft. Main Spans: 5
Built 1948 By: Unknown
Although younger than many other arch bridges in the city, this example is noted for its unique Art Deco railing and details.
16th Street Bridge
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16th Street Over Fall Creek in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 305 ft. Main Span: 76 ft. Roadway: 46.3 ft. Main Spans: 4
Built 1934 By: E. F. Smith and Indiana State Highway Commission
This is one of a large number of surviving historic concrete arch bridges in Indianapolis.
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30th Street Bridge
Marion County Bridge 1705, Riverside Park Bridge
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30th Street (29th Street) Over White River in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Concrete (Stone Faced) Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 339 ft. Main Span: 116 ft. Roadway: 50 ft. Main Spans: 3
Built 1907 By: Marion County Construction Company and W.M. Fife and Son and Henry W. Klaussman
This beautiful stone faced concrete bridge with rare Melan reinforcing once formed the centerpiece to a park area.
39th Street Bridge
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39th Street (Pedestrian Walkway) Over Fall Creek in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Concrete (Stone Faced) Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 228 ft. Main Span: 89 ft. Roadway: 21.7 ft. Main Spans: 3
Built 1905 By: Marion County Construction Company and Henry W. Klaussman
Already a rare bridge type, demolition elsewhere in the city has made this one of the last surviving Melan arch bridges in Indiana.
Astronaut David Wolf Bridge
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86th Street (82nd Street) (Eastbound) Over White River in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Parker Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 6 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Pony Truss,
Length: 548 ft. Main Span: 175 ft. Roadway: 30.8 ft. Main Spans: 2
Built 1942 By: B. E. Curry Building Corporation of Bloomington, Indiana and Indiana State Highway Commission
This combination pony and through truss bridge has been turned into a one-way couplet with a modern bridge next to it.
Big Jim Bridge
Montgomery County Bridge 49, Blair Ford Bridge
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Indianapolis Greenways Over Central Canal in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Metal 9 Panel Threaded Rod-Nut Connected Bowstring Pony Truss, Fixed
Length: 90 ft. Main Span: 87 ft. Roadway: 16 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1873 By: King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio
This rare cast and wrought iron bowstring truss bridge is a beautiful centerpiece to this park area.
Capitol Avenue Bridge
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Capitol Avenue Over Fall Creek in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Concrete (Stone Faced) Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 260 ft. Main Span: 96 ft. Roadway: 46 ft. Main Spans: 3
Built 1911 By: Cleary-Kuert Construction Company of Indianapolis, Indiana and George Edward Kessler
This bridge is noted for its unusually immense level of ornamentation and decoration for a concrete arch bridge.
Central Avenue Bridge
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Central Avenue Over Fall Creek in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 216 ft. Main Span: 76 ft. Roadway: 38.4 ft. Main Spans: 3
Built 2018 By: Gansburg, Roney and Heywood
This modern bridge is not historic, but it reused some of the stone from the previous 1900 historic bridge, and displays a similar railing and spandrel appearance.
College Avenue Bridge
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College Avenue Over Fall Creek in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Stone Elliptical Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 242 ft. Main Span: 80 ft. Roadway: 40.4 ft. Main Spans: 3
Built 1905 By: W. M. Fife and Son and H. C. Adams and H. W. Klausmann
This is a large and extremely rare stone arch bridge with a heavy skew, achieved on this bridge via offset of stones.
Conservatory Drive Bridge
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Conservatory Drive Over Pleasant Run in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 74 ft. Main Span: 71 ft. Roadway: 19.4 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1907 By: H. F. Hackerdorn
This is a graceful arched bridge with a deck that is also arched, and it has brick detailing on the concrete.
Crown Hill Cemetery Bridge
The Subway Underpass
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38th Street Over Cemetery Drive in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Concrete (Stone Faced) Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed
Main Span: 52 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1927 By: Edward Strathmann and Company and and D. A. Bohlen and Son
This richly ornamented bridge crossing a cemetery road not only functions as a grade separation, ensuring privacy for cemetery visitors, it is also a visual centerpiece landmark.
Delaware Street Bridge
Marion County Bridge 1805
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Delaware Street Over Fall Creek in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 260 ft. Main Span: 90 ft. Roadway: 59.7 ft. Main Spans: 3
Built 1924 By: M. E. White Company of Chicago, Illinois
This is an unaltered and traditionally composed example of a concrete arch bridge.
Eagle Creek Railroad Bridge
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Railroad (CSX) Over Eagle Creek in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Metal 6 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 6 Panel Rivet-Connected Pratt Full-Slope Pony Truss, Fixed
Length: 222 ft. Main Span: 113 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built By: Unknown
A bridge of contrasts, this bridge features a pin-connected through truss span that appears to be very old, plus a newer looking riveted pony truss span.
Fall Creek Aqueduct
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IWC Canal (Indiana Central Canal) Over Fall Creek in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Concrete Open Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 312 ft. Main Spans: 4
Built 1904 By: Unknown
This is an extremely rare and visually stunning example of an aqueduct bridge in Indiana.
Garfield Park Bridge
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Garfield Park Road Over Bean Creek in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 45 ft. Main Span: 40 ft. Roadway: 33.8 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1923 By: Todd and Reid of Indianapolis, Indiana and John L. Elliott
This is one of several historic arch bridges in and around Garfield Park.
Garfield Park Bridge
Marion County Bridge 3229
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Pedestrian Walkway Over Bean Creek in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Stone Segmental Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 40 ft. Main Span: 39 ft. Roadway: 24.6 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1907 By: Unknown
This small stone arch bridge in a park setting is noted for its attractive railing and arched deck.
Illinois Street Bridge
Marion County Bridge 1111
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Illinois Street Over Indiana Central Canal (Indianapolis Water Company Canal) in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 147 ft. Main Span: 61 ft. Roadway: 25.3 ft. Main Spans: 2
Built 1920 By: National Concrete Company of Indianapolis, Indiana and Daniel Luten
Although its railings have been replaced, this bridge remains an example of a Luten arch bridge.
Illinois Street Bridge
Marion County Bridge 2502
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Illinois Street Over Fall Creek in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Concrete (Stone Faced) Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 238 ft. Main Span: 83 ft. Roadway: 40 ft. Main Spans: 3
Built 2013 By: Hoosier Bridge Company and Melan Arch Construction Company
This modern bridge is not historic, but it reused some of the stone from the previous 1899 historic Melan concrete arch bridge, and displays a similar railing and spandrel appearance.
Indianapolis Museum of Art Pedestrian Bridge
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Pedestrian Walkway Over Service Road in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed
Main Spans: 1
Built 1909 By: National Concrete Company of Indianapolis, Indiana and Daniel Luten
Although a significant, early example of a Luten design concrete arch bridge, this one was allowed to deteriorate then severely altered.
Indianapolis Museum of Art Ravine Garden Bridge
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Pedestrian Walkway Over Ravine in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed
Main Spans: 1
Built By: Unknown
This is a small ornamental concrete arch foot bridge with attractive balustrade railings.
Kentucky Avenue Bridge
Marion County Bridge 3110
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Kentucky Avenue Over White River in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 959 ft. Main Span: 147 ft. Roadway: 56.4 ft. Main Spans: 7
Built 1925 By: Mead-Balch Construction of Indianapolis, Indiana
This is a large multi-span concrete arch bridge that has lost its original railings.
Kentucky Avenue Eagle Creek Bridge
Marion County Bridge 3111
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Kentucky Avenue Over Eagle Creek in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 205 ft. Main Span: 70 ft. Roadway: 54.5 ft. Main Spans: 3
Built 1935 By: Unknown
This later example of a concrete arch bridge has lost its original railings.
Lye Creek Bridge
Montgomery County Bridge 57
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Indianapolis Greenways Over Central Canal in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Metal 5 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Bedstead Pony Truss, Fixed
Length: 77 ft. Main Span: 70 ft. Roadway: 16 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1879 By: Wrought Iron Bridge Company of Canton, Ohio
This is one of the oldest and most impressive examples of a rare bedstead truss bridge in the country.
Meridian Street Bridge
Joseph W. Summers Memorial Bridge
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Meridian Street Over Fall Creek in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Concrete (Stone Faced) Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 324 ft. Main Span: 100 ft. Roadway: 56 ft. Main Spans: 3
Built 1917 By: Dunn McCarthy Company and George Edward Kessler
This bridge is richly decorated with numerous ornamental details, a testament to the fact that a famous architect designed it.
Meridian Street Bridge
Marion County Bridge 1123
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Meridian Street Over Indiana Central Canal (Indianapolis Water Company Canal) in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 153 ft. Main Span: 46 ft. Roadway: 56 ft. Main Spans: 3
Built 1926 By: National Concrete Company of Indianapolis, Indiana and Daniel Luten
This Luten concrete arch bridge is noted for its heavy skew.
Monon Trail Bridge
Fall Creek Railroad Bridge
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Railroad (Monon Trail Rail-Trail) Over Fall Creek in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
6 Panel Rivet-Connected Double-Intersection Warren Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Pratt Pony Truss,
Length: 227 ft. Main Span: 126 ft. Roadway: 11.5 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1892 By: American Bridge Works of Chicago, Illinois and Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Converted and preserved for pedestrian use, this bridge is noted for its combination of span types, and uncommon Double-Warren truss main span.
Morris Street Bridge
Marion County Bridge 3108
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Morris Street Over White River in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Concrete Open Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 653 ft. Main Span: 138 ft. Roadway: 64 ft. Main Spans: 5
Built 1928 By: National Concrete Company of Indianapolis, Indiana and Daniel Luten
This is a later example of a Luten arch bridge, and it is in good condition, although the railings on it are not original.
Oliver Avenue Bridge
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Oliver Avenue Over White River in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 708 ft. Main Span: 139 ft. Roadway: 60.7 ft. Main Spans: 5
Built 1925 By: Unknown
This closed spandrel arch bridge of decent size has been rehabilitated for continued use.
Pagoda Drive Bridge
Marion County Bridge 3220
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Pagoda Drive Over Bean Creek in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 45 ft. Main Span: 40 ft. Roadway: 23 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1923 By: Todd and Reid of Indianapolis, Indiana and John L. Elliott
This is one of several historic arch bridges located in Garfield Park.
Roache Street Bridge
Marion County Bridge 1712
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Roache Street Over IWC Canal (Indiana Central Canal) in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 66 ft. Main Span: 61 ft. Roadway: 27 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1911 By: Unknown
This is a fairly old concrete arch bridge noted for its skew.
Senate Avenue Bridge
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Senate Avenue (Boulevard Place) Over Fall Creek in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Concrete Closed Spandrel Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 295 ft. Main Span: 110 ft. Roadway: 38.4 ft. Main Spans: 3
Built 1920 By: Unknown
This is one of an impressive, large group of surviving concrete arch bridges in the city.
Southern Avenue Bridge
Marion County Bridge 3221
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Southern Avenue Over Bean Creek in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Concrete (Stone Faced) Deck Arch, Fixed
Length: 55 ft. Main Span: 54 ft. Roadway: 40 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1910 By: T. Frazier
This is one of several historic arch bridges in and around Garfield Park.
White River Railroad Bridge
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Railroad (Former Pennsylvania Railroad) Over White River in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Metal Deck Girder, Fixed
Length: 665 ft. Main Span: 100 ft.
Built By: Unknown
At this location, two traditional riveted deck plate girder railroad bridges cross the river.
White River Railroad Bridge
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Railroad (CSX) Over White River in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Metal 7 Panel Pin-Connected Pratt Through Truss, Fixed
Length: 375 ft. Main Span: 125 ft. Main Spans: 3
Built 1886 By: Keystone Bridge Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
This is a very early surviving metal truss railroad bridge and was built by the famous Keystone Bridge Company.
Woodstock Drive Bridge
Oldfields Estate East bridge
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Woodstock Drive Over Railroad (Abandoned Terre Haute, Indianapolis and Eastern Traction Interurban) in Indianapolis: Marion County, Indiana, United States
Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Main Spans: 3
Built 1908 By: Central States Bridge Company of Indianapolis, Indiana
Structurally, this is a simple steel stringer bridge, but its ornamental details make this reminder of a long-gone railroad past far more interesting.

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