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Bluff Canal Bridge
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Photo taken by Steve Conro in September 2012
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Facts
- Overview
- Pony truss bridge over The Bluff Canal on CR E250, 6.5 mi. south of Warsaw
- Location
- Hancock County, Illinois
- Status
- Intact but closed to all traffic
- History
- Built 1906
- Design
- Warren pony truss with all verticals
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 89.8 ft.
Deck width: 13.4 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.23611, -91.41750 (decimal degrees)
40°14'10" N, 91°25'03" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/634618/4455164 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Lima
- Inventory numbers
- IL 034-5218 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15290 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection (as of 03/2009)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 28.9 (out of 100)
- Average daily traffic (as of 2000)
- 50
Update Log
- September 11, 2012: Updated by Steve Conro: Added categories "Bluff Canal", "Wooden deck"
- April 17, 2012: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added truss type
Sources
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
Comments
The Bluff Canal Bridge
Posted May 4, 2010, by Dale Travis (daletravis [at] bigfoot [dot] com)