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Photos taken Sept. 2006 by Tom Hall
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Overview
Through truss bridge over Sugar Creek on TR 324, 1.5 mi. east of Milford
Location
Iroquois County, Illinois
Status
Closed to all traffic
History
Built 1927
Design
Pin-connected, 6-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 99.0 ft.
Total length: 101.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.61968, -87.66165   (decimal degrees)
40°37'11" N, 87°39'42" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
IL 038-4739 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15332 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2005)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 13.8 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2002)
129

Categories 

6-panel truss (115)
Built 1927 (343)
Built during 1920s (4,005)
Closed (1,297)
Illinois (816)
Iroquois County, Illinois (30)
Owned by township (1,179)
Pin-connected (413)
Pratt truss (1,381)
Span length 75-100 feet (3,238)
Structurally deficient (10,771)
Through truss (5,175)
Total length 100-125 feet (2,412)
Truss (15,706)
Wooden deck (5,164)

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Sugar Creek 2470E Bridge
Posted November 4, 2007, by Tom Hall (thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com)

I visited this bridge on 5/11/07 and the floor was missing. (top photo)

Went back today, and the bridge is gone.

The bottom photo shows all that's left.

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