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Upper Salt Fork Bridge

Champaign County, Illinois

Photos 

Photo taken by Mike Roegner

BH Photo #185297

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Upper Salt Fork Drainage Ditch on TR 159
Location
Champaign County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built ca. 1900, replaced 1992
Design
5-panel pin-connected Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 80.1 ft.
Total length: 111.9 ft.
Deck width: 13.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.14944, -88.03406   (decimal degrees)
40°08'58" N, 88°02'03" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/411925/4444856 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Flatville
Inventory numbers
IL 010-3171 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 38796 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1900 (903)
Built during 1900s (6,663)
Champaign County, Illinois (38)
Illinois (4,417)
Lost (20,836)
Lost 1992 (442)
Lost during 1990s (3,792)
Owned by township (2,454)
 Pratt through truss (4,818)
Pratt truss (8,387)
Replaced by new bridge (13,675)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,067)
Structurally deficient (17,423)
Through truss (13,624)
Total length 100-125 feet (4,874)
Truss (30,606)

Update Log 

  • January 25, 2010: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Changed to through truss.
  • January 31, 2009: Added by Kim Harvey

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Upper Salt Fork Bridge
Posted January 25, 2010, by Anthony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

I would say you are right Michael. An 80 foot main span length sounds about right for a 5-panel through truss. The overall length of 111 feet includes the approaches, which are clearly shown in the photos.