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Crooked Creek Bridge

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Photo taken by Steve Conro in September 2012

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Overview
Pony truss bridge over North Fork Crooked Creek on CH 5
Location
McDonough County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1961
Design
Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 80.0 ft.
Total length: 83.0 ft.
Deck width: 20.6 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.58694, -90.59167   (decimal degrees)
40°35'13" N, 90°35'30" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/703812/4495693 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 7 N., R. 2 W., Sec. 14
USGS topographic map
Bushnell West
Inventory numbers
IL 055-3019 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15530 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 02/2012)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 45.1 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
75

Categories 

5-panel truss (375)
Built 1961 (139)
Built during 1960s (1,230)
Illinois (2,501)
McDonough County, Illinois (14)
Open (28,458)
Owned by county (16,527)
Pony truss (13,213)
Pratt pony truss (2,351)
Pratt truss (5,689)
Riveted (1,019)
Span length 75-100 feet (4,741)
Structurally deficient (16,730)
Total length 75-100 feet (4,813)
Truss (23,618)

Update Log 

  • September 11, 2012: Updated by Clark Vance: Added category "Riveted"
  • September 11, 2012: New photos from Steve Conro

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Crooked Creek Bridge
Posted October 5, 2010, by Dale Travis (daletravis [at] bigfoot [dot] com)

Photo 9-13-10.

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