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Browns Bridge

Wabash County, Illinois
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West End

Photo courtesy of Greg Knott

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Overview
Lost through truss bridge over Bonpas Creek on Browns Road (Old IL 1) in Browns
Location
Wabash County, Illinois
Status
No longer exists
History
Built 1922; rehabilitated 1956, replaced 2007
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 149.9 ft.
Total length: 257.8 ft.
Deck width: 19.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.37944, -87.97611   (decimal degrees)
38°22'46" N, 87°58'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/414742/4248367 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Bone Gap
Inventory numbers
IL 093-0017 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15710 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2006)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 23.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2002)
250

Categories 

Built 1922 (466)
Built during 1920s (7,046)
IL 1 (7)
Illinois (2,501)
Lost (10,496)
Lost 2007 (196)
Lost during 2000s (3,098)
Owned by state (9,854)
Pratt through truss (3,184)
 Pratt truss (5,687)
Replaced by new bridge (7,221)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,966)
Steel grate deck (382)
Structurally deficient (16,730)
Through truss (9,255)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,382)
Truss (23,616)
Wabash County, Illinois (9)

Update Log 

  • February 21, 2009: New photos from Robert Stephenson
  • June 22, 2008: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Update status
  • June 1, 2008: Updated by Robert Stephenson

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Browns Bridge
Posted October 20, 2007, by Robert Stephenson (rstephenson [at] mchsi [dot] com)

This bridge no longer exists,

it has been replaced with a new bridge.