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Union Street Bridge

Pike County, Illinois

Photos 

Union Street Bridge #1

Looking south, town of Nebo is behind.

Photo taken by K. Allen Ballard in June 17th, 2016

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BH Photo #355648

Map 

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Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Spring Creek on Union Street in Nebo
Location
Nebo, Pike County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1941; rehabilitated 1975
Design
Warren pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 80.0 ft.
Total length: 83.0 ft.
Deck width: 21.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.43812, -90.79047   (decimal degrees)
39°26'17" N, 90°47'26" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/690151/4367726 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Pleasant Hill East
Inventory numbers
IL 075-3191 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15613 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2012)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 22.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
350

Categories 

Built 1941 (401)
Built during 1940s (3,571)
Illinois (3,845)
Nebo, Illinois (1)
Open (36,592)
Owned by city (4,491)
Pike County, Illinois (61)
Pony truss (15,054)
 Span length 75-100 feet (5,805)
Structurally deficient (18,437)
Total length 75-100 feet (5,944)
Truss (29,451)
Warren pony truss (2,950)
Warren truss (5,794)
Wooden deck (5,864)

Update Log 

  • June 28, 2016: New photos from K. Allen Ballard
  • June 23, 2016: New photos from K. Allen Ballard
  • August 29, 2014: New photo from K. Allen Ballard

Sources 

  • K. Allen Ballard - speedeeprint [at] gmail [dot] com
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Union Street Bridge
Posted August 30, 2014, by K. Allen Ballard (speedeeprint [at] gmail [dot] com)

Thanx to Dale for posting the pics, I hope you don't mind but I copied one and added it as a thumbnail to the main Pike page.

Union Street Bridge
Posted October 28, 2010, by Matthew Lohry

This is another one of those "hybrid" trusses, where the entire truss is Warren configuration except for the center panel, which is a Pratt configuration.

Union Street Bridge
Posted October 28, 2010, by Dale Travis (daletravis [at] bigfoot [dot] com)

Photos taken 10-8-10.