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Bay Creek Bridge

Pike County, Illinois

Photos 

Image

Photo taken by Jeremy Ruble

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BH Photo #346470

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Abandoned pony truss bridge over Bay Creek on TR 271
Location
Pike County, Illinois
Status
Derelict/abandoned
History
Built 1900
Design
Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 80.1 ft.
Total length: 81.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.62542, -90.79430   (decimal degrees)
39°37'31" N, 90°47'39" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/689311/4388508 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
New Salem
Inventory numbers
IL 075-3121 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 70609 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,934)
Built 1900 (957)
Built during 1900s (7,681)
Illinois (4,947)
Owned by township (3,304)
Pike County, Illinois (105)
Pin-connected (4,867)
 Pony truss (17,078)
Pratt pony truss (3,985)
Pratt truss (10,403)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,675)
Structurally deficient (12,827)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,849)
Truss (35,926)

Update Log 

  • April 11, 2018: New photo from Jeremy Ruble
  • September 13, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • February 5, 2017: New photos from Jeremy Ruble
  • January 19, 2016: Added by Jeremy Ruble

Sources 

  • Jeremy Ruble - jaruble1982 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

Bay Creek Bridge
Posted January 23, 2016, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Somebody needs to do some major tree removal on this one!

Bay Creek Bridge
Posted January 19, 2016, by Nathan Holth (webmaster [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Jeremy: Nice find, thanks for adding this!