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Big Creek Park foot bridge

Fulton County, Illinois
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Just a little way west of the automobile road is this little bridge for foot traffic.

Photo taken by Fmiser in July 2012

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

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Description 

Built from 2x4s, 2x6s, a small pedestrian timber pony truss

Facts 

Overview
Half-hip Pratt pony truss bridge over Unnamed ditch on Foot traffic
Location
Canton, Fulton County, Illinois
Status
Open to pedestrians only
Design
Half-hip Pratt pony truss built from dimensioned lumber
Dimensions
Span length: 12.0 ft.
Total length: 12.0 ft.
Deck width: 3.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.56846, -90.04251   (decimal degrees)
40°34'06" N, 90°02'33" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/750361/4495058 (zone/easting/northing)
Elevation
575 ft. above sea level
USGS topographic map
Canton
Inventory number
BH 52940 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Canton, Illinois (1)
Fulton County, Illinois (22)
Half-hip Pratt pony truss (290)
Illinois (2,500)
Open to Pedestrians (2,084)
Pony truss (13,217)
Pratt pony truss (2,342)
 Pratt truss (5,660)
Span length under 25 feet (4,084)
Total length under 25 feet (1,403)
Truss (23,575)
Uncovered wooden truss (31)
Wooden deck (5,398)

Update Log 

  • July 16, 2012: Updated by Fmiser: Improved name

Sources 

  • Fmiser - fmiser [at] gmail [dot] com
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Big Creek Park foot bridge
Posted November 14, 2012, by ar (mistressdelain [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I like it.

Big Creek Park foot bridge
Posted July 17, 2012, by Fmiser (fmiser [at] gmail [dot] com)

You are right about it not being historic. But then neither is the new I-70 bridge in St. Louis.

However, the banner at the top of the webpage states "historic and notable bridges". So we agree it isn't historic - so now we just have to argue about it being "notable". *smiles*

I found it fascinating that to cross the ditch someone chose a truss, not a stringer or culvert. And not a prefabricated truss, but a simple design that's simple to construct out of common materials. Sure, it's not as exciting as the Babylon Bend bridge, but since it caught _my_ interest I figured it might interest others too.

Big Creek Park foot bridge
Posted July 16, 2012, by Bill Eichelberger (wallyum [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Is this really necessary? It's scrap-lumber across a ditch. Nothing remotely historic here.