Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Embarras River on TR 135D, 3.0 mi. northeast of Charleston
- Location
- Charleston, Coles County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1883 by the King Iron Bridge Co.
- Builder
- - King Iron Bridge Co.
- Design
- Pin-connected, Whipple through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 180.1 ft.
Total length: 240.1 ft.
Deck width: 14.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.0 ft.
- Recognition
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Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.52076, -88.10990 (decimal degrees)
39°31'15" N, 88°06'36" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/404599/4375156 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Ashmore
- Inventory numbers
- IL 015-3111 (Illinois bridge number)
NRHP 81000215 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 15086 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 01/2008)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 19.9 (out of 100)
- Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
- 50
Update Log
- October 16, 2008: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Changed GPS coordinates
Sources
- Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Comments
Stone Quarry Bridge
Posted September 13, 2007, by Robert Stephenson (rstephenson [at] mchsi [dot] com)
