Rating:
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Branch Green Creek Bridge

Shelby County, Illinois

Photos 

West end

Photo taken by Robert Stephenson in July 2008

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BH Photo #118636

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Wooden deck bridge over Green Creek Branch on TR 385
Location
Shelby County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by pipes
History
Built 1909; rehabilitated 1979, replaced 2010
Design
Steel stringer
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 21.7 ft.
Total length: 22.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.27319, -88.50070   (decimal degrees)
39°16'23" N, 88°30'03" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/370549/4348167 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Stewardson East
Average daily traffic (as of 2018)
200
Inventory numbers
IL 087-3235 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 36941 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of March 2018)
Sufficiency rating: 16.8 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Beam (15,716)
Built 1909 (770)
Built during 1900s (7,224)
Functionally obsolete (6,426)
Illinois (4,647)
Lost (24,735)
Lost 2010 (463)
Lost during 2010s (3,283)
 One-lane traffic (7,606)
Owned by township (2,704)
Replaced by new bridge (16,578)
Shelby County, Illinois (52)
Span length under 25 feet (6,894)
Steel stringer (6,222)
Total length under 25 feet (2,496)
Wooden deck (6,069)

Update Log 

  • January 25, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Replaced
  • October 21, 2008: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Updated: Overview
  • July 28, 2008: New photos from Robert Stephenson
  • July 27, 2008: Added by Robert Stephenson

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Branch Green Creek Bridge
Posted January 25, 2014, by Elliott Johnson (elliottsgon15 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

I was in this area today and was looking for multiple bridges that are on this site. This bridge (at the listed coordinates) has been replaced by a culvert as of 1-25-14.