Photo 

Driving northbound

Photo taken July 2004 by David Backlin

Map 

Vicinity Map

Vicinity map

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Facts 

Overview
Pair of cantilevered through truss bridges over Des Plaines River on I-55 southwest of Joliet in Channahon
Location
Will County, Illinois
Status
Open to four lanes of traffic
History
Built 1957; rehabilitated 1997
Design
Cantilevered through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 485.7 ft.
Total length: 1,405.4 ft.
Deck width: 32.4 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.42222, -88.19408   (decimal degrees)
41°25'20" N, 88°11'39" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers
IL 099-0009 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15740 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2005)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Not deficient
Sufficiency rating: 67.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
27,500

Update Log 

  • January 9, 2006: Corrected location map, thanks John White

Sources 

  • David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net