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Schmidgall Road Bridge

Tazewell County, Illinois

Photos 

Photo taken by Steve Conro in May 2012

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BH Photo #231537

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Mackinaw River on Schmidgall Rd E of Mackinaw
Location
Tazewell County, Illinois
Status
Bridge looks intact and used, but road closed to public traffic.
Design
Through truss main span with pony truss approaches and concrete deck
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 125.0 ft.
Total length: 170.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.51326, -89.40188   (decimal degrees)
40°30'48" N, 89°24'07" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/296510/4487498 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Morton
Inventory number
BH 50906 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Closed (2,677)
Half-hip Pratt pony truss (506)
Illinois (4,746)
Mackinaw River (24)
Pin-connected (3,940)
Pony truss (16,298)
Pratt pony truss (3,667)
 Pratt through truss (5,450)
Pratt truss (9,384)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,241)
Tazewell County, Illinois (77)
Through truss (15,263)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,946)
Truss (33,102)

Update Log 

  • December 8, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • January 12, 2012: Added by Steve Conro

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