13th Street Bridge

Photos 

Overview

Photo taken by Robert Stephenson in February 2009

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BH Photo #134134

Map 

Facts 

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

Railroads

- Cairo & Vincennes Railroad (CAVI)
- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway (CCC&StL; Big Four)
- Conrail (CR)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Prairie Central Railway

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

Average daily traffic (as of 2016)

125

Inventory numbers

IL 051-9906 (Illinois bridge number)
NRHP 16000198 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 39998 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection report (as of July 2018)

Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 53.2 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Update Log 

• May 2, 2021: New photos from Steve Conro
• July 11, 2016: Updated by James Baughn: Bridge is NRHP listed
• April 24, 2009: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Overview and Categories
• February 24, 2009: Added by Robert Stephenson

Sources 

• Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
• Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com

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