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Buskirk Ford Bridge

Adams County, Illinois

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McKee Creek Bridge

Photo taken by Chris Gonnerman in March 2012

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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Description 

Originally, this bridge was called Buskirk Ford per local news clipping. August Lange was the stonemason & foreman of this job. He worked for the Gottlieb S. Busch Co, who were the local contractors of record.

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over McKee Creek on TR 416, 4.7 mi. west of Kellerville
Location
Adams County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1885 by the Morse Bridge Company
Builder
- Morse Bridge Co. of Youngstown, Ohio
Design
Pinned Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 71.8 ft.
Total length: 90.8 ft.
Deck width: 13.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.1 ft.
Also called
McKee Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.92833, -91.03111   (decimal degrees)
39°55'42" N, 91°01'52" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/668245/4421658 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Liberty
Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
10
Inventory numbers
IL 001-3196 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 14987 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of April 2016)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 18 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

19th Century (6,468)
Adams County, Illinois (56)
Built 1885 (156)
Built during 1880s (1,717)
Illinois (4,029)
Morse Bridge Co. (29)
One-lane traffic (7,517)
Open (37,560)
Owned by township (2,386)
Pin-connected (3,572)
 Pratt through truss (4,724)
Pratt truss (8,218)
Span length 50-75 feet (9,229)
Stone Work abutments (2)
Structurally deficient (17,816)
Through truss (13,261)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,163)
Truss (30,020)
Wooden deck (5,899)

Update Log 

  • January 26, 2018: New photos from K. Allen Ballard
  • January 9, 2018: New photos from K. Allen Ballard
  • November 29, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • November 29, 2017: New photos from K. Allen Ballard
  • July 18, 2015: Updated by Elliott Johnson: erected in 1885, found date specifics in stonework
  • July 15, 2015: New photos from Elliott Johnson
  • July 14, 2015: Updated by K. Allen Ballard: Add brief history of actual men & contractor who built bridge.
  • October 16, 2014: New photos from K. Allen Ballard
  • April 1, 2012: New photos from Chris Gonnerman
  • May 5, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Added builder and changed date

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Chris Gonnerman
  • K. Allen Ballard - speedeeprint [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Elliott Johnson - elliottsgon15 [at] hotmail [dot] com
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Buskirk Ford Bridge
Posted January 9, 2018, by K. Allen Ballard (speedeeprint [at] gmail [dot] com)

FINALLY! getting around to posting some pics from 2.5 years ago following the massive storm that hit West Central Illinois. I showed up at work that day and was told to go home w/ power pretty minimal in Quincy, IL. So, I decided I'd go bridge hunting and headed towards western Adams County and Brown County. Very productive hunt July 14th, 2017.

McKee Creek Bridge
Posted May 5, 2010, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Definitely a Morse! And much older than the 1905 date since Morse became the Youngstown Bridge Company around 1890.

McKee Creek Bridge
Posted May 5, 2010, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

This is a beautiful bridge! It looks like the work of the Morse Bridge Company of Youngstown, Ohio.

McKee Creek Bridge
Posted May 5, 2010, by Dale Travis (daletravis [at] bigfoot [dot] com)

Photos taken 4-28-10.