Rating:
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Gale Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Sexton Creek on Old Illinois Route 3 just off New Route 3 near Gale
- Location
- Alexander County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1933; bypassed by new bridge in 1990; rehabilitated 2011
- Design
- From north to south:
One riveted, 5-panel Pratt pony truss
One riveted, 9-panel Pratt through truss
One riveted, 6-panel Pratt pony truss - Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 172.2 ft.
Total length: 336.9 ft.
Deck width: 23.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.3 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.24786, -89.44835 (decimal degrees)
37°14'52" N, 89°26'54" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/282847/4125178 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Thebes
- Land survey
- T. 15 S., R. 3 W., Sec. 4
- Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
- 300
- Inventory numbers
- IL 002-0009 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15013 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of March 2018)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 47.7 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- September 5, 2021: New photos from Patrick Gurwell
- March 13, 2021: New photos from James McCray
- March 21, 2020: New photo from Art Suckewer
- March 10, 2017: New photo from John Christeson
- August 20, 2011: New photos from Ben Tate
- May 23, 2011: New photo from James Baughn
- July 6, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: This bridge is to be (or is being) rehabilitated.
- April 3, 2005: Posted all new photos
Sources
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
- Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- John Christeson - john_christeson [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com
- James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Patrick Gurwell - pgurwell [at] gmail [dot] com
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I remember going across that Bridge,
almost every schoolday.
Our Bus, every morning, and afternoon,
went over that Bridge to pick-up,
or let-off, my many, old, school-friends
that went to McClure, Elem., and Shawnee Jr.,Sr.High.
It's still there.
I have just come from there.
It is still in use, yet very rusty.
I used to play pool
with the locals, and school-mates,
at the still remaining "Goods" store.
It wasn't open, and, to be honest,
it looked like it was/has been long shuttered.
Maybe I'm wrong.
Because I know, I saw,
that there are still people
living nearby in the few old houses
that still stand in that very old area.
Sincerely, Robert Boettcher
314.520.1182