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Fayetteville Bridge

St. Clair County, Illinois
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Fayetteville Bridge

approaching eastbond

Photo taken by Kim Harvey in July 2008

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Overview
Through truss bridge over Kaskaskia River on IL 4/IL 15 at Fayetteville
Location
St. Clair County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
Future prospects
eastern approaches scheduled to be rebuilt in 2009-2010
History
Built 1946; rehabilitated 1990
Design
Through truss with a camelback profile
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 200.5 ft.
Total length: 912.4 ft.
Deck width: 31.2 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.37694, -89.79194   (decimal degrees)
38°22'37" N, 89°47'31" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/256112/4251329 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Mascoutah
Inventory numbers
IL 082-0077 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15677 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2012)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 45.9 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
5,550

Categories 

Built 1946 (149)
Built during 1940s (2,877)
Have street view (12,871)
IL 15 (1)
IL 4 (3)
Illinois (2,567)
Kaskaskia River (25)
Open (29,404)
 Owned by state (10,151)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,522)
St. Clair County, Illinois (28)
Through truss (9,587)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,884)
Truss (24,153)
Warren through truss (1,003)
Warren truss (4,169)

Update Log 

  • February 10, 2011: New photo from Kim Harvey
  • April 17, 2010: New Street View added by Kim Harvey
  • December 24, 2008: Updated by Kim Harvey
  • November 19, 2008: New photo from Kim Harvey
  • July 4, 2008: New photos from Kim Harvey

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Fayetteville Bridge
Posted January 7, 2010, by Mickey Lambert (highlandwolf64 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

My Cousin Chalon urged me to tell this story. When I was about 13 we was going to a ballgame in St.Louis,and a tornado came through right over this bridge. There were cars on both sides of the road,you could barely see the 18 wheeler's lights ahead of us,and my late sister wouldn't stop cause she was afraid someone would push us off into the water. So she followed the 18 wheeler. My late mom said what if he goes off the bridge. My sister said well we go off with him. That bridge held all them cars and we made it across. But you could feel that bridge sway. Strong old bridge I say. That was I believe 1977 or 1978.