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Overview
Cantilevered through truss bridge over the Illinois River on IL 251 at Peru
Location
La Salle County, Illinois
Status
Open to two-lane traffic
History
Built 1958
Design
Cantilevered through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 476.9 ft.
Total length: 2,291.4 ft.
Deck width: 29.8 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.32500, -89.11944   (decimal degrees)
41°19'30" N, 89°07'10" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/322624/4577003 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
La Salle
Inventory numbers
IL 050-0079 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15418 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 06/2006)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 71.4 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
12,800

Categories 

Built 1958 (129)
Built during 1950s (1,582)
Cantilevered truss (128)
Illinois (937)
Illinois River (17)
La Salle County, Illinois (14)
Navigable waterway (1,260)
Open (21,982)
Owned by state (6,720)
Span length 250-500 feet (592)
Through truss (5,487)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (720)
Truss (16,168)

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