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Bureau Creek Branch Bridge

Bureau County, Illinois

Photos 

Photo taken by Brian McKee in June 2009

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BH Photo #142328

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Masters Fork on 2900N Ave, 1 mi. northeast of Van Orin
Location
Bureau County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1909
Builder
- McManis & Son
Design
Riveted, 4-panel Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 63.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Also called
Heiman Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.56840, -89.35408   (decimal degrees)
41°34'06" N, 89°21'15" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/303722/4604533 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
La Moille
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
50
Inventory numbers
IL 006-4169 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15024 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of February 2008)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 22.1 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

4-panel truss (272)
Built 1909 (775)
Built during 1900s (7,261)
Bureau County, Illinois (116)
Illinois (4,689)
Lost (25,035)
McManis & Son (3)
One-lane traffic (7,614)
Owned by township (2,751)
 Pony truss (16,253)
Pratt pony truss (3,655)
Pratt truss (9,354)
Replaced by new bridge (16,822)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,107)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,318)
Truss (32,997)
Wooden deck (6,082)

Update Log 

  • December 16, 2018: New photos from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • July 8, 2009: New photos from Brian McKee

Sources 

  • Brian McKee - bjmckee51 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
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Comments 

Bureau Creek Branch Bridge
Posted September 18, 2013, by Steve Conro (sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This bridge while gone now, doesn't look 60 feet long.