West Bureau Creek Bridge
Photos
Finished Product
Move completed, bridge is reopened.
Photo taken by Steve Conro in July 2012
BH Photo #234809
Description
This bridge used to be a non-historic 1979 concrete bridge which has deteriorated and needed to be replaced. In a wonderful preservation solution, a historic truss bridge on the busier County Highway 8 over Hennepin Canal will be replaced, with the historic truss span being moved to this location and rehabilitated.Facts
- Overview
- Restored bridge from CR-1400 East moved to this location
- Location
- Bureau County, Illinois
- Status
- Open
- Future prospects
- A non-historic bridge has been demolished and replaced with this historic County Highway 8 Bridge that previously crossed the Hennepin Canal.
- History
- Built 1931; rehabilitated 1982; moved in 2011
- Design
- Riveted Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Span length: 115.5 ft.
Total length: 115.5 ft.
Deck width: 22.6 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.35129, -89.56634 (decimal degrees)
41°21'05" N, 89°33'59" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/285307/4580932 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Wyanet
- Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
- 400
- Inventory numbers
- IL 006-3243 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 48241 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of December 2007)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 57.2 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- August 23, 2020: Updated by Tyler: Updated with NBI info from current bridge
- November 29, 2019: New photo from Jack Schmidt
- July 8, 2012: New photos from Steve Conro
- January 24, 2012: New photos from Gene Smania
- December 17, 2011: Updated by Tony Dillon: Updated information
- December 17, 2011: Updated by Steve Conro: Changed name, updated info, staus and added photos
- February 24, 2011: Added by Nathan Holth
Related Bridges
- Hennepin Canal Bridge 10A (Parts reused in) - Entire bridge moved
Sources
- Nathan Holth
- Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
- Tyler
Comments
And here's the final proof
Ceee-le-BRAAAA-tionnn!! WOO-HOO!!!
Illinois is going for SHOCK value here!.......
A UCEB going down at the expense of a truss bridge!!!!
One other thing, this positive story is so unbelievable I thought it might be nice to share the proof. Here is a link to the plans for this project from the IDOT website. http://eplan.dot.il.gov/desenv/061110/87380-306/PLANS/pl8733... Most of the plan sheets involving the truss are toward the end of the file.
This news is full of win.
HA! I love it!! This is not only wonderful to see, but also encouraging, as hopefully many more roadway agencies will see what is being done here and see for themselves that historic truss bridge rehabilitation is really the best solution for a situation like this, because all sides win! We who highly value these beautiful and historic bridges get to see one here replace a nasty concrete UCEB that is nearly 50 years NEWER!! Also, the side that wants a safe crossing is getting just that--a newly rehabilitated, safe span that, with proper care and maintenance, will be around for another century for everyone to enjoy!
In a state that preserves so few of its rural historic truss bridges, I was surprised and extremely happy to find a unique and wonderful preservation solution in the works here. This ugly and inferior 1979 concrete bridge will be demolished and replaced with a higher quality bridge... a rehabilitated 1931 historic Pratt truss: http://www.bridgehunter.com/il/bureau/6324410738/.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/il/bureau/bh48241/
I thought it sort of misleading that no mention of original construction date. New plaque reads built in 2011.