Facts
- Overview
- Modern covered bridge over Judy Branch on Main Street in Glen Carbon. Replaced a 1934 covered bridge that had a lower clearence. Rebuit in 2007 to be higher and wider than the previous one.
- Location
- Glen Carbon, Madison County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1976, replacing an original 1934 covered bridge. Rebuit in 2007.
- Design
- Covered Steel stringer
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 32.1 ft.
Total length: 34.1 ft.
Deck width: 21.3 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.74833, -89.98389 (decimal degrees)
38°44'54" N, 89°59'02" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory numbers
- IL 060-6600WGCB 13-60-A (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15494 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 10/2005)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 18.7 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
- 5,800
Update Log
- July 7, 2008: Updated by Kim Harvey: posted brief history of bridge found in July 7, 2008 copy of Alton Telegraph.
- June 5, 2006: Posted photo from Timothy Krumm
Sources
- Timothy Krumm - Timothy [dot] Krumm [at] illinois [dot] gov
- Kim Harvey - ayrlieofremora [at] yahoo [dot] com
Comments
Glen Carbon Covered Bridge
Bridge was rebuilt last year, today there is a article in the Alton Telegraph in regards of painting it:
http://www.thetelegraph.com/news/bridge_15883___article.html/glen_carbon.html