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Bridge plate Photo taken by Robert Stephenson in June 2008 |
Facts
- Overview
- Steel stringer bridge over Sugar Creek on Sbi-163
- Location
- Crawford County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1937
- Design
- Steel stringer
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 67.9 ft.
Total length: 176.8 ft.
Deck width: 24.0 ft.
- Also called
- Bridge to Nowhere
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.00444, -87.59778 (decimal degrees)
39°00'16" N, 87°35'52" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/448240/4317439 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Merom
- Inventory number
- BH 36725 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 04/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 66.2 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
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Sources
- Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Bridge to nowhere - Wabash crossing at Palestine fell victim to red tape
Comments
Sugar Creek Bridge
Here's the link to the original story:
http://www.robdailynews.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=3494&SectionID=2&SubSectionID=2&S=1
Sugar Creek Bridge
While being named "Bridge to Nowhere", it was actually built in advance of the Wabash River bridge that was being planned at Merom, IN. This is my understanding from my grandfather, who helped build this bridge.
It is very still used and very solid to this day. It also has a name plate on the wall of it.