Prairie du Long Creek Bridge

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image taken March 2009

Photo taken by Sharon Spear

BH Photo #146202

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Written by Sharon Spear

Most of county road L is a paved black top road. But the approach road is between several planted fields. The road is nothing more than graded dirt in this area. The road was dry the day we visited this bridge. I can image it's a muddy mess to travel after a rain. I do recall seeing a sign about a very large fine for "four wheeling" in this area. The creek looks like it can do some flooding of the dirt road.

Facts

Overview: Pony truss on L Road over Prairie du Long Creek northwest of Red Bud
Location: Monroe County, Illinois
Status: Abandoned with portions of deck missing
History: Built ca. 1910
Design: Pin-connected, 5-panel Pratt pony truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 80.0 ft.
Total length: 81.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.27072, -90.02583 (decimal degrees)
38°16'15" N, 90°01'33" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/760189/4240037 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Paderborn
Average daily traffic (as of 2014): 100
Inventory numbers: IL 067-3043 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15556 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of February 2016): Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Imminent Failure (1 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 23.7 (out of 100)
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Update Log

August 27, 2017: Updated by James Baughn: Downgraded status to abandoned
November 18, 2015: Updated by Elliott Johnson: bridge is closed
March 2, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Added design
September 12, 2009: Essay added by Sharon Spear

Sources

Sharon Spear - sweetsexysharon [at] gmail [dot] com
Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Elliott Johnson - elliottsgon15 [at] hotmail [dot] com
James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com