Rating:
5 votes

Jugtown Road Bridge

Grundy County, Illinois

Photos 

Oblique view

Photo taken March 2006 by Bill Burmaster

BH Photo #102177

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over East Fork Mazon River on Jugtown Road (TR 172), 2.5 mi. west of Braceville
Location
Grundy County, Illinois
Status
Intact but closed to all traffic
History
Built 1884
Design
Pin-connected, 10-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 169.9 ft.
Total length: 171.8 ft.
Deck width: 13.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.21878, -88.32163   (decimal degrees)
41°13'08" N, 88°19'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/389215/4563886 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Gardner
Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
50
Inventory numbers
IL 032-5115 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15259 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2012)
Sufficiency rating: 3 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

10-panel truss (152)
19th Century (6,820)
Built 1884 (159)
Built during 1880s (1,821)
Closed (2,560)
Grundy County, Illinois (38)
Illinois (4,443)
NR-eligible (4,030)
One-lane traffic (7,535)
Owned by township (2,486)
 Pin-connected (3,675)
Pratt through truss (4,933)
Pratt truss (8,623)
Span length 125-175 feet (3,973)
Structurally deficient (16,422)
Through truss (13,905)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,638)
Truss (31,052)
Wooden deck (5,996)

Update Log 

  • July 8, 2013: New photos from Joshua Bauer
  • July 3, 2012: New photos from Steve Conro
  • April 3, 2006: Posted photos from Bill Burmaster

Sources 

Post a comment here
Contact webmaster

Comments 

Jugtown Road Bridge
Posted April 4, 2011, by Kurt Mathes (klblmathes [at] juno [dot] com)

Closed for repairs after car collision, reopened for awhile, now closed to traffic.

Jugtown Road Bridge
Posted March 14, 2011, by Anonymous

Photos taken ca. 2008