I-88 Fox River Bridge
Description
NBI shows 1958 build date for the original open spandrel bridge. It was replaced 2008-2010 with a design evoking the original arches. Original 1958 piers reused in 2010 for new westbound span.Facts
- Overview
- Open-spandrel arch bridge over Fox River, Grant St, IL25, BNSF Spur on Interstate-88
- Location
- North Aurora, Kane County, Illinois
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built in 1958 , replaced in 2008
- Design
- Pair of open-spandrel arch bridges
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 178.5 ft.
Total length: 1,338.6 ft.
Deck width: 71.5 ft.
- Also called
- Regan Memorial Hwy Fox River Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.79626, -88.31997 (decimal degrees)
41°47'47" N, 88°19'12" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/390334/4627997 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Aurora North
- Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
- 79,600
- Inventory numbers
- IL 045-9938 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 50445 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of June 2012)
- Overall condition: Good
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 61 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- April 7, 2013: Updated by Roger Deschner: Added photos
- June 19, 2012: Updated by Clark Vance: Updated history based on NBI info and state website.
- December 6, 2011: Added by Steve Conro
Sources
- Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
- Roger Deschner - rogerdeschner [at] gmail [dot] com
Comments
The description for this bridge is incorrect- this bridge was built in 2008, replacing an existing 1958 open spandrel concrete arch:
http://www.aspirebridge.org/pdfs/magazine/issue_11/fox_river...
The arches were cast on their sides in pieces and moved to the job site with trucks.
This is a pretty cool project - according to the article, the total cost to use an open spandrel arch instead of a concrete beam design was less than $3 million on a $44 million project - that's only a 6.8% increase for a bridge with a good looking modernist design that will be considered an attractive historic bridge in the future. I wish there were more examples of architectural design like this in all new bridges.
There are pictures of both the old and new bridges on this page: http://www.illinoistollway.com/news-room/photos-graphics/roa...
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/il/kane/bh50445/
This page is for the old bridge but most of the photos are of the replacement bridge. This should be split to two pages