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Sugar Creek Overflow Bridge

Logan County, Illinois

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Sugar Creek Overflow Bridge

Photo taken by C Hanchey in July 2011

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BH Photo #222572

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Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Sugar Creek Overflow on TR 144, 2 mi. southeast of Hartsburg
Location
Logan County, Illinois
Status
Closed to all traffic
Design
Riveted Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 54.1 ft.
Total length: 56.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.22262, -89.40331   (decimal degrees)
40°13'21" N, 89°24'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/295512/4455236 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Lincoln West
Inventory numbers
IL 054-5304 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15456 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 01/2011)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 17.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
75

Categories 

19th Century (6,182)
4-panel truss (257)
Built during 1890s (2,459)
Closed (2,409)
Have street view (22,086)
Illinois (3,845)
Logan County, Illinois (29)
One-lane traffic (7,424)
Owned by township (2,301)
 Pony truss (15,052)
Pratt pony truss (3,180)
Pratt truss (8,020)
Span length 50-75 feet (8,902)
Structurally deficient (18,433)
Total length 50-75 feet (8,437)
Truss (29,448)
Wooden deck (5,864)

Update Log 

  • July 3, 2017: New Street View added by Robert Elder
  • August 28, 2013: New photos from Steve Conro
  • July 3, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Closed to all traffic
  • December 29, 2011: New photos from C Hanchey
  • May 22, 2009: Updated by Anthony Dillon

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Luke
  • C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Sugar Creek Overflow Bridge
Posted July 3, 2017, by James Baughn (webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com)

Field visit July 2, 2017: This pony truss is getting quite grown over. The classic photo of the pony truss with the through truss in the background is not possible anymore, at least in the summer.