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Mosquito Creek Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Mosquito Creek on Meridian Avenue/CR 2100E (TR 16), 6 mi. east of Mt.Auburn
- Location
- Christian County, Illinois, and Macon County, Illinois
- Status
- Derelict/abandoned
- History
- Built 1893
- Builder
- - Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio (Likely Builder)
- Design
- Pin-connected, 6-panel Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 76.1 ft.
Total length: 82.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.5 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.74425, -89.14087 (decimal degrees)
39°44'39" N, 89°08'27" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/316568/4401563 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Stonington
- Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
- 25
- Inventory numbers
- IL 011-3274 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15066 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of November 2012)
- Sufficiency rating: 16.9 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- March 14, 2016: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added likely builder based on style.
- September 3, 2014: New photos from Elliott Johnson
- March 2, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Updated design
Sources
- Dale Travis - djtravis [at] dalejtravis [dot] com
- Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Elliott Johnson - elliottsgon15 [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Nathan Holth
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Shallow a-frame portal, sway bracing design/connection, vertical v-lacing orientation, hip vertical lower chord connection design, and 1890s construction date suggest this is a Wrought Iron Bridge Co bridge so I added that.