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Side view

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Oblique view

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West portal

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East approach

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West approach

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Deck truss low clearance

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Underneath deck truss

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Lower joint

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Laced girder

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Aerial photo

Photo taken by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

View this photo at www.mvs.usace.army.mil

Map

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Facts

Overview: Through truss bridge over Chain of Rocks Canal on Old Chain of Rocks Road (at one time US 66) just south of I-270 in Granite City
Location: Madison County, Illinois
Status: Open to one-lane highway traffic with a dedicated bike lane
History: Built 1949; rehabilitated 1999
Design: Subdivided Warren through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 462.8 ft.
Total length: 2,367.5 ft.
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.2 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.76210, -90.13781 (decimal degrees)
38°45'44" N, 90°08'16" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/748692/4294268 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Columbia Bottom
Inventory numbers: IL 060-0068 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15499 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection
Average daily traffic (as of 2006): 325

Update Log

September 14, 2008: New photo from James Baughn
February 5, 2007: Posted all new photos

Sources

James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com

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Old Canal Bridge

Posted August 2, 2007, by Justin Zeid (Zoomjz [at] aol [dot] com)

This bridge is now a one lane bridge. There is a stoplight at either end that allows traffic to cross only one direction at a time. The other lane has been converted to a pedestrian and bicycle lane.