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10th Street Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Lost through truss bridge over Embarras River on 10th Street in Lawrenceville
- Location
- Lawrenceville, Lawrence County, Illinois
- Status
- Collapsed after an accident involving an alleged drunk driver
- History
- Built 1885 by the Massillon Bridge Co.; collapsed March 27, 2005
- Builder
- - Massillon Bridge Co. of Massillon, Ohio
- Design
- Pin-connected, 10-panel Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 168.2 ft.
Total length: 169.9 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 18.5 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.73308, -87.68092 (decimal degrees)
38°43'59" N, 87°40'51" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/440816/4287376 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Lawrenceville
- Average daily traffic (as of 2015)
- 100
- Inventory numbers
- IL 051-3025 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15439 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection report (as of January 2016)
- Sufficiency rating: 17 (out of 100)
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Update Log
- April 23, 2020: New photos from Melissa Brand-Welch
- December 4, 2018: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
- October 30, 2018: New Street View added by Melissa Brand-Welch
Sources
- Historical bridge collapses
- Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
- Lawrence Lore: Bridges and Dams on the Embarras River
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