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La Harpe Creek Bridge
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Description
Its obviously been restored but you can see the trusses are twisted as you approach the bridge. Flood waters must have been amazing. Bridge is quite high above the water.On September 27, 2012, the bridge was destroyed when an overweight concrete truck tried to drive over it. The bridge collapsed due to the weight of the concrete truck.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost pony truss bridge over La Harpe Creek on E CR1950, 2.5 mi. west of Fountain Green
- Location
- Hancock County, Illinois
- Status
- Collapsed by an overweight truck.
- History
- Built 1901; Collapsed September 27, 2012
- Design
- Pinned Pratt pony truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 64.0 ft.
Total length: 64.9 ft.
Deck width: 12.1 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.48028, -91.02056 (decimal degrees)
40°28'49" N, 91°01'14" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/667780/4482947 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Carthage East
- Inventory numbers
- IL 034-4218 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15273 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 03/2011)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 18.9 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
- 25
Update Log
- October 12, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Bridge is lost
- September 11, 2012: Updated by Steve Conro: Change status and added photos
- April 17, 2012: Updated by Tony Dillon: Updated status
Sources
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
- rob wagner
- Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
Comments
La Harpe Creek Bridge
Here's hoping some fat cat cement company exec wrote a ck to the township for a replacement bridge and road upgrade.
La Harpe Creek Bridge
You'd have to be an idiot to have even tried it. I crossed it 3 weeks before when I took photo's in an S10 pickup truck thought twice before doing it.
1901 - Truss-Thru Bridge
Well there was a weight limit posted as pictured on the other entry here >.>
La Harpe Creek Bridge
Photos 9-13-10. Bridge is closed and so is the road approach from the east. The road from the N. isn't very good.
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