Year constructed: 1952
Bridge type: Concrete Stringer, Multi-Beam or Girder
National Register of Historic Places status:
Eligible
Length: 57 feet
Width: 20 feet
Spans: 1
FHWA: 325310
Jurisdiction: Union County
Location: 167th Street over Four Mile Creek north of Thayer, Section 2, T72N-R28W (Jones Township)
Details
Constructed in 1952, the bridge was built according to the ISHC's Design #1052. It replaced an earlier bridge and utilized 89.7 cubic yards of concrete, 16,340 pounds of reinforced steel, 6,036 pounds of structural steel, 158 pounds of hardware, and 920 linear feet of creosoted piling.
The bridge was included in the Phase II architectural survey as it met one of the registration requirements outlined in the MPD simple span bridges in excess of 50' in length. The 167th Street Bridge is eligible for inclusion in the NRHP as it meets one of the registration requirements outlined above. The bridge is a concrete girder structure (Type 102) that is 55' in length, which is at the 95th percentile for its type. The bridge has integrity of design, workmanship, feeling, association, setting, materials, and location.
The Concrete Stringer, Multi-beam or Girder bridge (Type 102), consists of a series of parallel reinforced concrete beams (meaning stringers, beams or girders), spanning between supports (abutments and piers), and spaced sufficiently close to one another to allow a concrete slab deck to span the distance between them while carrying the intended load. The terms stringer, beam and girder commonly refer to the relative size of the beams, girders being the largest. Since stringers, beams and girders all function structurally as beams; these types are generally all called beam bridges. The concrete beam bridge is also cast-in-place in either pre-made steel or wood forms or custom formwork made on site, which allows the size of the beams to be completely variable by the engineer for a given span.