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Fondulac Drive Bridge

Tazewell County, Illinois
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Zoomed-in view looking south

Photo taken by Jacob P. Bernard in December 2010

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Description 

This bridge is very unusual, as the west end of the bridge literally slants down to a lower ground.

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Facts 

Overview
Warren deck truss bridge over I-74 on Fondulac Drive in East Peoria
Location
East Peoria, Tazewell County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1958, rehabilitated in 1997
Design
Cantilevered Warren Deck truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 240.2 ft.
Total length: 420.0 ft.
Deck width: 28.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.66873, -89.57264   (decimal degrees)
40°40'07" N, 89°34'21" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/282546/4505166 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Peoria East
Inventory numbers
IL 090-0089 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 47193 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 03/2010)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 73.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
800

Categories 

Built 1958 (214)
Built during 1950s (2,382)
Cantilevered (242)
Cantilevered truss (222)
Deck truss (955)
East Peoria, Illinois (2)
Have street view (9,891)
Illinois (2,499)
 Open (28,316)
Owned by state (9,808)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,484)
Tazewell County, Illinois (30)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,371)
Truss (23,573)
Warren deck truss (339)
Warren truss (3,960)

Update Log 

  • December 1, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: Merged NBI Data.
  • December 1, 2010: Added by Jacob P. Bernard

Sources 

  • Jacob P. Bernard - jacob_bernard [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Nathan Holth
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Fondulac Drive Bridge
Posted December 1, 2010, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

This is a very nice bridge, especially to find on a freeway. Its inclined design reminds me of something you would find in Pennsylvania, not so much Illinois.