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Overview: Through truss bridge over Embarras River on TR 135D, 3.0 mi. northeast of Charleston
Location: Charleston, Coles County, Illinois
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1883 by the King Iron Bridge Co.
Builder: - King Iron Bridge Co.
Design: Pin-connected, Whipple through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 180.1 ft.
Total length: 240.1 ft.
Deck width: 14.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 30, 1981
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.51306, -88.11600 (decimal degrees)
39°30'47" N, 88°06'58" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: IL 015-3111 (Illinois bridge number)
NRHP 81000215 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 15086 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2006): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 19.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004): 50

Stone Quarry Bridge

Posted September 13, 2007, by Robert Stephenson (rstephenson [at] mchsi [dot] com)

Pictures taken 9/09/07