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Butzow Bridge

Iroquois County, Illinois

Photos 

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Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

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BH Photo #130924

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Spring Creek on CH 35
Location
Iroquois County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Buit 1883, replaced 1995-1996
Builder
- Smith Bridge Co. of Toledo, Ohio
Design
7-panel, pinned Pratt through truss
2-panel, pinned Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 119.0 ft.
Total length: 142.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.81361, -87.82917   (decimal degrees)
40°48'49" N, 87°49'45" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/430069/4518397 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Crescent City
Inventory numbers
IL 038-4202 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 38437 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,707)
Built 1883 (177)
Built during 1880s (2,229)
Illinois (4,947)
Iroquois County, Illinois (76)
Lost (29,205)
Lost 1996 (456)
Lost during 1990s (4,159)
Owned by county (21,658)
Pony truss (17,095)
 Pratt pony truss (3,989)
Pratt through truss (6,136)
Pratt truss (10,417)
Replaced by new bridge (19,843)
Smith Bridge Co. (115)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,575)
Through truss (17,288)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,250)
Truss (36,056)

Update Log 

  • August 14, 2013: Updated by Nathan Holth: Merged NBI Data
  • December 28, 2008: Added by Kim Harvey

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Butzow Bridge
Posted March 11, 2011, by Anonymous

IDOT inventory # 038-4202.