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Overview: Through truss bridge over Wabash River on IL 15/IN 64 in Mount Carmel
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1932; rehabilitated 1987
Design: Parker through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 225.0 ft.
Total length: 2,725.3 ft.
Deck width: 21.6 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.3 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.39861, -87.75572 (decimal degrees)
38°23'55" N, 87°45'21" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: IL 093-0014 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15713 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 04/2006): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 14.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 7,200

Mount Carmel Bridge

Posted September 14, 2007, by Anonymous

This bridge is scheduled to be replaced between 2008-13!

Mount Carmel Bridge

Posted December 21, 2006, by Tom Hoffman (tehoffm [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Did anyone know its a TWELVE SPAN Bridge?