Rating:
3 votes
Grand Ridge Road Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Closed pony truss bridge over West Fork Mazon River on Grand Ridge Road (TR 109B), .49 mi. east of Tynan Rd
- Location
- Grundy County, Illinois
- Status
- Closed to traffic
- History
- Built ca. 1910; rehabilitated 1965
- Design
- Pin-connected, 5-panel Pratt pony truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 70.8 ft.
Total length: 71.8 ft.
Deck width: 11.8 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.24260, -88.36184 (decimal degrees)
41°14'33" N, 88°21'43" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/385886/4566582 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Gardner
- Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
- 50
- Inventory numbers
- IL 032-4995 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15258 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of June 2009)
- Overall condition: Fair
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 17.3 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- February 21, 2012: New photos from Steve Conro
- April 3, 2006: Posted photos from Bill Burmaster
Sources
- Bill Burmaster
- Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
Comments
Grand Ridge Road Bridge
Time isn't helping this bridge any. You can tell the 6 years difference between photos.
Grand Ridge Road Bridge
I have launched my kayak many times from the spot where the overview photo was taken. The Mazon is a great river to paddle.
There is another bridge like this one about 15 miles upstream on the West Fork. It is also closed.
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I did a site visit for this bridge and I am very certain it is older than 1910. It could be from the late 1880s. Looks wrought iron has old style carnegie brands and fishbelly floor beams.