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Wilson Creek Bridge

Fulton County, Illinois

Photo 

View from the top of a hay bale, facing south east.

Photo taken by Fmiser

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

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BH Photo #286865

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Wilson Creek on Moose Rd (TR 240?)
Location
Fulton County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic, 8 ton weight limit
History
Built 1935
Design
5-panel riveted steel pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 67.9 ft.
Total length: 69.8 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.19944, -90.24706   (decimal degrees)
40°11'58" N, 90°14'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/734320/4453528 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Bath
Land survey
T. 3 N., R. 2 E., Sec. 35
Elevation
498 ft. above sea level
Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
10
Inventory numbers
IL 029-3108 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15251 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of December 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 20.2 (out of 100)
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Categories 

5-panel truss (485)
Built 1935 (1,451)
Built during 1930s (11,769)
Concrete deck (139)
Fulton County, Illinois (36)
Illinois (4,686)
One-lane traffic (7,613)
Open (39,976)
Owned by township (2,739)
 Pony truss (16,241)
Pratt pony truss (3,654)
Pratt truss (9,347)
Riveted (2,183)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,103)
Structurally deficient (14,103)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,318)
Truss (32,958)

Update Log 

  • July 1, 2014: Updated by Fmiser: Added categories "Concrete deck", "5-panel truss", "Riveted"

Sources 

  • Fmiser - fmiser [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Wilson Creek Bridge
Posted July 1, 2014, by Fmiser (fmiser [at] gmail [dot] com)

This is a large pony truss. The top of the truss webs are about 8 ft above the deck.

The road to this bridge is only barely a road, especially south of the bridge. The alignment suggests it used to be a much more travel road, but now the road south of the bridge looks like a field access. I would advise a visit from the north. Also watch out if you react to poison ivy - there is a lot.

Looking at the photos Steve Conro took of the Otto Rd. bridge it appears this is much the same.