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Overview: Through truss bridge over Lusk Creek on Eddyville Road (FAS 930), southeast of Eddyville, 3.25 mi. southeast of Eddyville
Location: Pope County, Illinois
Status: Open to two-lane traffic
History: Built 1934
Design: Riveted, 5-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 103.0 ft.
Deck width: 21.6 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.47269, -88.54755 (decimal degrees)
37°28'22" N, 88°32'51" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: IL 076-3000 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15621 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2005): Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 60.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2003): 850

Lusk Creek Bridge

Posted October 8, 2006, by Dale

I believe this is the bridge the used in the film US Marshal's when Wesley Snipes has the truck driver ram the police car.