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Portal

Photo taken Sept. 2006 by Tom Hall
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Deck view

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Damaged girder

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Fallen girder

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Facts 

Overview
Lost through truss bridge over Spring Creek on 1700N Road
Location
Iroquois County, Illinois
Status
Closed to all traffic after suffering damage in a car accident
History
Built 1898
Design
Pin-connected, 7-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 118.4 ft.
Total length: 120.3 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.75471, -87.89956   (decimal degrees)
40°45'17" N, 87°53'58" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
IL 038-4038 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15328 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2003)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 18.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2002)
129

Categories 

19th Century (1,760)
7-panel truss (92)
Built 1898 (77)
Built during 1890s (666)
Illinois (873)
Iroquois County, Illinois (31)
Lost (602)
Owned by township (1,191)
Pin-connected (441)
Pratt truss (1,443)
Replaced by new bridge (486)
Span length 100-125 feet (2,271)
Structurally deficient (10,809)
Through truss (5,274)
Total length 100-125 feet (2,424)
Truss (15,821)
Wooden deck (5,159)

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Spring Creek 1700N Bridge
Posted July 8, 2008, by Tom Rainford (trainford308 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This bridge was replaced by a new bridge.