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The truss |
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Damaged guardrail |
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Truss connection |
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Old deck planks Sitting next to the bridge is a pile of old wood planks; presumably these were part of the bridge deck and were recently removed and discarded |
Facts
- Overview
- Pony truss bridge over a branch of Clear Creek near Mountain Glen
- Location
- Union County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic on a paved road
- Design
- Skewed 4-panel Pratt pony truss with a wooden deck
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 49.9 ft.
Total length: 50.8 ft.
Deck width: 21.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.52796, -89.28595 (decimal degrees)
37°31'41" N, 89°17'09" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/298006/4155898 (zone/easting/northing)
- Land survey
- T. 11 S., R. 2 W., Sec. 25
- USGS topographic map
- Cobden
- Inventory number
- BH 15697 (Bridgehunter.com ID)