Rating:
5 votes
Rainbow Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Queenpost pony truss bridge over BNSF RR on E 1850 St/Hayes Road 2 mi. SW of Galva
- Location
- Henry County, Illinois
- Status
- Closed to all traffic
- History
- Built 1916
- Railroads
- - Amtrak (AMTK)
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Design
- Queenpost truss with timber stringer approaches
- Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 34.1 ft.
Total length: 171.8 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
- Also called
- 1850th St Bridge
Hayes Road Bridge - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.15004, -90.08013 (decimal degrees)
41°09'00" N, 90°04'48" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/745022/4559523 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Galva
- Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
- 50
- Inventory numbers
- IL 037-9916 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15308 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of June 2010)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 21.3 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- September 18, 2012: New photos from Steve Conro
- August 15, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Bridge is a riveted Queenpost pony truss, not a "timber truss", added name.
- June 24, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Bridge closed
- January 22, 2012: Updated by Steve Conro: changed road name and added picture
Related Bridges
- Heitz Road Overpass (Same design) - Same unusual simularities
Sources
- Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Luke
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6-22-12: Bridge is closed.