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Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over Friends Creek on Newburg Road (TR 23), 1.0 mi. east of Argenta
- Location
- Macon County, Illinois
- Status
- Closed to all traffic
- History
- Built 1898
- Design
- Through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 101.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.5 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.98056, -88.79639 (decimal degrees)
39°58'50" N, 88°47'47" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/346612/4427144 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Argenta
- Inventory numbers
- IL 058-3085 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15459 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 08/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 0.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
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Sources
- Dale Travis - djtravis [at] dalejtravis [dot] com
Comments
Newburg Road Bridge
I like this bridge with it's latticed end posts and top chords. I'm guessing it was a designer's experiment with cutting down on weight, or maybe saving on material. I've seen those little X's (cresting of sorts) that are on the top of the portals on several Canton B.C. spans.