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Overview: Pony truss bridge over Whiskey Creek on TR 168
Location: Iroquois County, Illinois
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1929
Design: Pratt pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 69.9 ft.
Total length: 77.1 ft.
Deck width: 16.7 ft.
Recognition: Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.53900, -87.83733 (decimal degrees)
40°32'20" N, 87°50'14" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/429090/4487920 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Claytonville
Inventory numbers: IL 038-4142 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15338 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2006): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 44.3 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2002): 129