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Overview

Photos taken April 2005 by Brent Freesmeyer
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Main span

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Piers

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North approach

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North portal

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Facts 

Overview
Five-span through truss bridge over the Illinois River on IL 89 south of Spring Valley
Status
Open to two-lane traffic
History
Built 1934; rehabilitated 1989
Design
Pennsylvania through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 364.0 ft.
Total length: 1,775.1 ft.
Deck width: 22.6 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.1 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.31227, -89.19946   (decimal degrees)
41°18'44" N, 89°11'58" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/315892/4575756 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Spring Valley
Inventory numbers
IL 078-0006 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15039 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 07/2007)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 69.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
5,700

Categories 

Built 1934 (383)
Built during 1930s (6,120)
Bureau County, Illinois (20)
Functionally obsolete (5,799)
Illinois (983)
Illinois River (18)
NR-eligible (2,624)
Navigable waterway (1,260)
Open (22,306)
Owned by state (6,772)
Pennsylvania truss (129)
Putnam County, Illinois (3)
Span length 250-500 feet (598)
Through truss (5,560)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (731)
Truss (16,277)

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