13th Street Bridge

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Overview

Photo taken by Robert Stephenson in February 2009

BH Photo #134134

Overview: Timber and steel stringer bridge over abandoned portion of Big Four Railroad on 13th Street in Saint Francisville
Location: Saint Francisville, Lawrence County, Illinois
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1909; rehabilitated 1950
Railroad: - Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway (CCC&StL)
Design: Main span: Steel stringer
Approach spans: Timber stringer
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 54.1 ft.
Total length: 181.1 ft.
Deck width: 18.4 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on April 26, 2016
Also called: Wooden Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.59281, -87.65336 (decimal degrees)
38°35'34" N, 87°39'12" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/443101/4271794 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Saint Francisville
Inventory numbers: IL 051-9906 (Illinois bridge number)
NRHP 16000198 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 39998 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2014): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 54.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 225

13th Street Bridge

Posted May 16, 2016, by Alli Jackson (allij87 [at] outlook [dot] com)

Was just added to National Register of Historical Places!