Indianapolis Times, Volume 48, Number 8, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 March 1936 — Page 20

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SSOOO NEEDED FOR SOUTHPORT BRIDGE REPAIR

Ancient Structure Unsafe for Heavy Loads, Surveyor Says. j Marion County’s longest bridge /has so badly decayed that repairs I would cost approximately SSOOO or S6OOO to make it safe for all kinds of traffic, Herbert Bloemker, county surveyor, said today. It is possible to place a hand between the rotten wood in the anchor timbers of this bridge, located at Southport. Built in 1866, the structure is 486 feet long and is one of seven covered bridges in the county. It is Ihe only one which has three spans. All the others have one. The safety load limit of the bridge is now restricted to two tons. It should be able to carry at least 10, Mr. Bloemker said. \ Is Important Link The bridge is an important link in the Belt Highway now being completed with WPA labor and connects Brooklyn with Indianapolis. Mr. Bloemker estimated the cost of the new bridge at $250,000. It would require $500,000 to bring the county's bridge system to a modern standard, he said. Marion County has never spent more than $16,000 a year for bridge maintenance, when in the last few years $50,000 at least should have been spent, the surveyor said. ‘Some of the concrete bridges arc actually crumbling away,” he said, ‘■for instance, it is possible to stand cjn the bridge over Indian Creek, dne-half mile south of Sunnyside, afnd watch piece after piece drop .way after a cold night." ] Timbers Require Support | The Southport bridge has been /supported with concrete pilings since fche flood of 1913, but through the pears the timbers have rotted so [badly that one part of the bridge is [about nine inches lower than the proper level. This section has been temporarily raised with a smalll f)iece of lumber. Mr. Bloemker. asked to comment on this situation, said: ‘‘The safety of human life should be paramount to the taxpayer. Stop lights should be no more important than bridge maintenance. It is false economy when money for public works is lowered so that repairs are impossible. ‘‘From this standpoint, bridges Should be kept in repair. The Southport bridge presents an unique problem because the construction of covered bridges has become almost lost art. Most of the artisans who worked on these bridges are now dead.’’ The only value covered bridges now have over modern types is historical, the surveyor indicated. He recommended that they be replaced as soon as possible.

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21, the day on which your shadow is the shortest during the year that is if the sun shines. Following the course of the sun, it is to cross the equator on its return trip south Sept. 22 at 11:26 p. m., to mark the start of fall and another round of cold weather. , For the benefit of the girls who know by their calendars that this is a leap year, Mr. Armington casually tossed out the remark that there is to be a full moon at 10:14 Sunday night. To the housekeeper, today means

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.MARCH 20,1936