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Flat Branch Bridge

Shelby County, Illinois

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Flat Branch on TR 86
Location
Shelby County, Illinois
Status
Derelict/abandoned with deck removed
History
Built 1900
Design
Pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 56.1 ft.
Total length: 69.9 ft.
Deck width: 13.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.57204, -88.97572   (decimal degrees)
39°34'19" N, 88°58'33" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/330298/4382123 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Obed
Inventory numbers
IL 087-3089 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 39003 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,255)
Built 1900 (905)
Built during 1900s (6,673)
Illinois (4,424)
Owned by township (2,455)
Pony truss (15,458)
 Shelby County, Illinois (52)
Span length 50-75 feet (9,393)
Structurally deficient (17,366)
Total length 50-75 feet (8,827)
Truss (30,721)

Update Log 

  • April 26, 2015: Updated by Elliott Johnson: added abandoned status as viewed from satellite imagery
  • February 1, 2009: Added by Robert Stephenson

Sources 

  • Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Elliott Johnson - elliottsgon15 [at] hotmail [dot] com

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