Capitol Avenue bridge over Fall Creek blueprints

Description:	George Edward Kessler replaced iron bridges with masonry spans as part of his “City Beautiful” ideas in his parks and boulevard system plan. He designed two major bridges to complete the Fall Creek corridor, the Capitol Avenue Bridge and the Meridian Street Bridge. Kessler preferred to use the Melan arch, but covered the concrete structures in Indiana limestone. The Capitol Avenue Bridge is restrained, with paneled spandrels and piers and a simple oval cutout stone railing. A concrete arch bridge had been built on the site in 1901, but the 1913 flood heavily damaged the bridge. The new Kessler bridge was built in 1915. Kessler planned an especially decorative treatment for the Meridian Street Bridge with channeled ashlar stone, cartouches, and swags ornament the piers. The railing is a Classical balustrade. The following bridges, part of the Indianapolis Park and Boulevard System, are located in order from east to west on Fall Creek Parkway between Capitol Ave. and College Ave. spanning Fall Creek:College Avenue Bridge, 1905 Central Avenue Bridge, 1899Meridian Street Bridge, 1917Illinois Street Bridge, 1901Capitol Avenue Bridge, 1915 Capitol Avenue This archival material has been provided for educational purposes. Ball State University Libraries recognizes that some historic items may include offensive content. Our statement regarding objectionable content is available at: https://dmr.bsu.edu/digital/about
Origin:	1911
Created By:	Indianapolis (Ind.). Department of Parks and Recreation
Contributor(s):	George Kessler Company
Source:	http://dmr.bsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/IndplsPDArc/id/8020
Collection:	Indianapolis Dept. of Parks and Recreation Landscape Architectural Drawings
Rights:	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Geography:	Indianapolis Marion County Indiana United States North and Central America
Subjects:	Parks Park facilities Landscape architecture Bridges Concrete bridges Concrete construction--Details Reinforced concrete construction--Details Lighting, Architectural and decorative Municipal lighting

Further information on this record can be found at its source.