Photos
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Overview Photos taken by Bill Burmaster |
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Side view |
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One span |
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Driving across old bridge |
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Building main span of the new bridge |
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Driving across new bridge |
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Old and new bridge |
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Demolition of one of the spans |
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Demolition of the piers |
Facts
- Overview
- Lost five-span through truss bridge over the Illinois River on IL 47 at Morris
- Location
- Grundy County, Illinois
- Status
- Replaced by modern bridge
- History
- Built 1934; rehabilitated 1978; replaced 2002
- Design
- Pennsylvania through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 363.4 ft.
Total length: 1,456.3 ft.
Deck width: 22.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.1 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.35384, -88.42151 (decimal degrees)
41°21'14" N, 88°25'17" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/381089/4579013 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Morris
- Inventory numbers
- IL 032-0029 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15260 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 2001)
- Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 32.80 (out of 100)