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Salt Fork Bridge

Vermilion County, Illinois, and Champaign County, Illinois

Photos 

Photo taken by Mike Roegner

BH Photo #185282

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Through truss bridge over Salt Fork Vermilion River on TR 6A
Location
Vermilion County, Illinois, and Champaign County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1899; replaced 1994
Builder
- Attica Bridge Co. of Attica, Indiana
Design
Pin-connected, 9-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 160.1 ft.
Total length: 165.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.06213, -87.93963   (decimal degrees)
40°03'44" N, 87°56'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/419865/4435076 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Homer
Inventory numbers
IL 092-3024 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 39094 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,698)
Attica Bridge Co. (35)
Built 1899 (403)
Built during 1890s (3,017)
Champaign County, Illinois (38)
Illinois (4,758)
Lost (25,495)
Lost 1994 (434)
Lost during 1990s (4,022)
Owned by township (2,804)
 Pratt through truss (5,481)
Pratt truss (9,434)
Replaced by new bridge (17,195)
Salt Fork Vermilion River (15)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,251)
Structurally deficient (13,861)
Through truss (15,331)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,961)
Truss (33,220)
Vermilion County, Illinois (147)

Update Log 

  • February 25, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Updated GPS coordinates
  • February 4, 2009: Added by Robert Stephenson

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