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Overview: Through truss bridge over Spoon River on Babylon Road (TR 123)
Location: Fulton County, Illinois
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1890
Design: Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 200.0 ft.
Total length: 204.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 18.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 29, 1980
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.58494, -90.34808 (decimal degrees)
40°35'06" N, 90°20'53" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/724435/4496063 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: T. 7 N., R. 1 E., Sec. 13
USGS topographic map: Blyton
Inventory numbers: IL 029-3078 (Illinois bridge number)
NRHP 80001355 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 15244 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2006): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Critical (2 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 25.2 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 10