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Lease Bridge

Champaign County, Illinois

Photos 

Photo taken by Mike Roegner

BH Photo #185294

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pony truss bridge over Saline Branch Drainage Ditch on TR 181A
Location
Champaign County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1920, replaced 1993
Builders
- R.F. Fisher (engineer)
- Rochester Bridge Co. of Rochester, Indiana (contractor)
Design
Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 80.1 ft.
Total length: 82.0 ft.
Deck width: 17.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.12778, -88.08020   (decimal degrees)
40°07'40" N, 88°04'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/407965/4442498 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Flatville
Inventory numbers
IL 010-3196 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 38797 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1920 (1,019)
Built during 1920s (10,008)
Champaign County, Illinois (38)
Functionally obsolete (6,268)
Illinois (4,758)
Lost (25,495)
Lost 1993 (462)
Lost during 1990s (4,022)
Owned by township (2,804)
 Pony truss (16,344)
Pratt pony truss (3,686)
Pratt truss (9,434)
R.F. Fisher (1)
Replaced by new bridge (17,195)
Rochester Bridge Co. (59)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,470)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,611)
Truss (33,220)

Update Log 

  • January 25, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Added builder
  • January 31, 2009: Added by Kim Harvey

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