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Spring Creek Bridge

Hancock County, Illinois

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Photo taken by Steve Conro in September 2012

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BH Photo #239308

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Overview
concrete Arch bridge over Spring Creek on N CR2580, 2.0 mi. northwest of Laharpe
Location
Hancock County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1911
Design
Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Span length: 32.1 ft.
Total length: 32.1 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.61448, -91.00650   (decimal degrees)
40°36'52" N, 91°00'23" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/668635/4497872 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Burnside
Average daily traffic (as of 2008)
10
Inventory numbers
IL 034-4508 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15289 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of January 2017)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 28.7 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Arch (12,267)
Built 1911 (799)
Built during 1910s (9,727)
Closed-spandrel arch (4,084)
Deck arch (11,507)
Hancock County, Illinois (53)
Illinois (4,758)
 One-lane traffic (7,625)
Open (40,020)
Owned by township (2,810)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,769)
Structurally deficient (13,844)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,255)

Update Log 

  • September 14, 2012: Updated by Steve Conro: Added pic, changed road name, adjusted GPS

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Spring Creek Bridge
Posted September 15, 2012, by Steve Conro (sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com)

They all even had the same pipe rail system but it was sheared off on 2 of them.

Spring Creek Bridge
Posted September 15, 2012, by Andrew Pearce (drew458 [at] barking-moonbat [dot] com)

This arch looks a bit more pointy than the La Harpe Creek one, but otherwise they are quite similar in style and age.