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Wood Station Road Bridge

Madison County, Illinois

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Lost pony truss bridge over a fork of Wood River Creek on Wood Station Road, 2.5 mi. north of East Alton
Location
Madison County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by modern bridge in 2002, abutments remain alongside new bridge
History
Built ca. 1901, removed in 2002
Design
Pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 49.8 ft.
Total length: 53.1 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.94750, -90.12167   (decimal degrees)
38°56'51" N, 90°07'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/749446/4314891 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Bethalto
Inventory numbers
IL 060-3060 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15503 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built during 1900s (7,223)
Have street view (26,928)
Illinois (4,647)
Lost (24,711)
Lost 2002 (477)
Lost during 2000s (4,184)
Madison County, Illinois (125)
Owned by township (2,701)
 Pony truss (16,180)
Replaced by new bridge (16,565)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,663)
Structurally deficient (14,211)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,299)
Truss (32,770)
Wooden deck (6,069)

Update Log 

  • November 16, 2018: New Street View added by Melissa Brand-Welch
  • October 16, 2008: Updated by Kim Harvey: bridge has been replaced

Sources 

  • Kim Harvey
  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com

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