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Lick Creek Bridge

Sangamon County, Illinois
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Photo taken by Dale Travis

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Overview
Pony truss bridge over Lick Creek on TR 176 in Springfield
Location
Sangamon County, Illinois
Status
Closed to traffic in Summer 2010
Design
Pin-connected, 5-panel Pratt bedstead pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 64.9 ft.
Total length: 94.1 ft.
Deck width: 12.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.70917, -89.73722   (decimal degrees)
39°42'33" N, 89°44'14" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/265346/4399060 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Chatham
Inventory numbers
IL 084-3108 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15648 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 02/2008)
Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 13.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
175

Categories 

5-panel truss (374)
Bedstead Pratt pony truss (242)
Bedstead truss (389)
Have street view (9,880)
Illinois (2,498)
One-lane traffic (7,111)
Open to Pedestrians (2,084)
Owned by township (1,813)
Pin-connected (1,519)
 Pony truss (13,215)
Pratt pony truss (2,341)
Pratt truss (5,654)
Sangamon County, Illinois (49)
Span length 50-75 feet (6,994)
Structurally deficient (16,676)
Total length 75-100 feet (4,794)
Truss (23,559)
Wooden deck (5,397)

Update Log 

  • January 30, 2011: Updated by Anthony Dillon: Changed status as bridge is closed
  • March 14, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Street view

Sources 

  • Dale Travis - djtravis [at] dalejtravis [dot] com
  • Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
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Lick Creek Bridge
Posted April 15, 2013, by John (johnsjunk11 [at] comcast [dot] net)

Some pics from Summer 2011 (not mine). I hate to think what it's like it's now.

http://advrider.com/forums/showpost.php?p=16319754&postcount=36

Shame, as this was one of my favorite spots that time forgot. Now it really will be forgotten.

Lick Creek Bridge
Posted January 30, 2011, by Dave Hill (gladtobehere9 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This bridge has bee closed since the summer of 2010.

As a kid I used to fish and swim at this location.

I'm not sure what the future of the bridge is. The Sangamon County Highway department is broke. It is just much eaiser to close the road and not repair it.

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Lick Creek Bridge
Posted February 23, 2008, by John (johnsjunk [at] insightbbcom)

I've gone out of my way a number of times just to go over this bridge; the last time with my mother, who was terrified! I'm curious to know when it was built. It feels solid (not like a "rickety old bridge", but I looked up the rating on the state's website - I see them here too - and it's apparently one of the worst in the state.

Lick Creek Bridge
Posted February 23, 2008, by John (johnsjunk [at] insightbbcom)

I've gone out of my way a number of times just to go over this bridge; the last time with my mother, who was terrified! I'm curious to know when it was built. It feels solid (not like a "rickety old bridge", but I looked up the rating on the state's website - I see them here too - and it's apparently one of the worst in the state.