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South Fork Bridge CR1100E Bridge

Christian County, Illinois

Photos 

view to the north

Photo taken by Elliott Johnson in February 2014

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

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BH Photo #276342

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Abandoned bedstead Pratt pony truss bridge over South Fork Sangamon River on N 1100 East Road
Location
Christian County, Illinois
Status
Abandoned with one span missing
History
Built ca. 1900, rehabilitated 1937
Design
Pin-connected, 4-panel bedstead Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 59.1 ft.
Total length: 90.9 ft.
Deck width: 13.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.39404, -89.32588   (decimal degrees)
39°23'39" N, 89°19'33" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/299709/4363085 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Clarksdale
Inventory numbers
IL 011-3103 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 51309 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

4-panel truss (270)
Abandoned (3,682)
Bedstead Pratt pony truss (355)
Bedstead truss (533)
Built 1900 (920)
Built during 1900s (7,253)
Christian County, Illinois (81)
Illinois (4,686)
Missing deck (50)
 One-lane traffic (7,613)
Owned by township (2,740)
Pin-connected (3,920)
Pony truss (16,241)
Pratt pony truss (3,654)
Pratt truss (9,347)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,103)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,598)
Truss (32,960)

Update Log 

  • May 19, 2019: New photos from Steve Conro
  • February 28, 2014: New photos from Elliott Johnson
  • February 16, 2012: Added by James Baughn based on info from Joseph Putnam II

Sources 

  • Elliott Johnson - elliottsgon15 [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Comments 

South Fork Sangamon River 1100 East Road Bridge
Posted February 14, 2014, by Elliott Johnson (elliottsgon15 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

took a few pictures of this while I was in the area yesterday. this one is in pretty bad shape, but my gps still tried to take me across it. it looks like part of it is missing.