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Old Chain of Rocks Canal Highway Bridge

Madison County, Illinois

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Side view

Photo taken by James Baughn

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Chain of Rocks Highway Bridge

this is the chain of rocks highway bridge and it is on historic Route 66. I would have taken the 2 mile walk to the actual historic bridge had it not been raining.

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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
Builder
- Bushman Construction Co. of St. Josesph, Missouri
Design
Polygonal Warren through truss with sub-panels
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 462.8 ft.
Total length: 2,367.5 ft. (0.4 mi.)
Deck width: 25.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.2 ft.
Also called
Old Canal Bridge
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)
Quadrangle map:
Columbia Bottom
Average daily traffic (as of 2016)
225
Inventory numbers
IL 060-0068 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15499 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of September 2017)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 24.3 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Built 1949 (387)
Built during 1940s (3,868)
Bushman Construction Co. (4)
Functionally obsolete (7,300)
Have street view (25,195)
Illinois (4,443)
Madison County, Illinois (124)
Mississippi River (208)
Navigable waterway (2,090)
Open (38,342)
Owned by county (19,907)
 Polygonal Warren through truss (390)
Polygonal Warren through truss with sub-panels (10)
Polygonal Warren truss (975)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,104)
Steel grate deck (438)
Through truss (13,905)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,733)
Truss (31,052)
US 66 (271)
Warren truss (6,204)

Update Log 

  • May 25, 2019: New photos from Joe Sonderman
  • August 6, 2016: New photos from David Huffman
  • May 28, 2016: New photos from Steve Conro
  • September 5, 2011: New photos from Jason Smith
  • August 21, 2011: New photos from Ben Tate
  • July 29, 2011: Updated by C Hanchey: Added bridge builder
  • January 6, 2011: New photo from John Christeson
  • April 17, 2010: New Street View added by Kim Harvey
  • February 23, 2010: New video from Kim Harvey
  • November 23, 2009: New photos from J.P.
  • September 14, 2008: New photo from James Baughn
  • February 5, 2007: Posted all new photos

Sources 

  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Kim Harvey
  • John Christeson - john_christeson [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • C Hanchey - cmh2315fl [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Jason Smith - flensburg [dot] bridgehunter [dot] av [at] googlemail [dot] com
  • Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • David Huffman
  • Joe Sonderman
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Old Chain of Rocks Canal Highway Bridge
Posted May 21, 2019, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Based on the full-length diagonals alternating (Changing direction), I feel it is correctly labeled as a sub-divided Warren.

Old Chain of Rocks Canal Highway Bridge
Posted May 21, 2019, by WMD

I believe the design of the main span is a Parker (Camelback) subdivided Pratt through truss.

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.