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Overview Photos taken Nov. 1999 by David Birckhead |
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Close-up of main span |
Facts
- Overview
- Lost through truss bridge over Big Muddy River on Town Creek Road (CH 5/FAS 917) at Murphysboro
- Location
- Jackson County, Illinois
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1942; replaced 2000
- Design
- Riveted, 7-panel Parker through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 175.8 ft.
Total length: 495.9 ft.
Deck width: 22.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.7 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.75207, -89.34916 (decimal degrees)
37°45'07" N, 89°20'57" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/293042/4180905 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Murphysboro
- Inventory number
- BH 15345 (Bridgehunter.com ID)