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Photos taken July 2004 by Charles Robinson
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Piers

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Overview
Pony truss bridge over Macoupin Creek on Lake Catatoga Road south of Macoupin
Location
Macoupin County, Illinois
Status
Open to one-lane traffic
Design
Pin-connected, 4-panel Pratt pony truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.19992, -89.96327   (decimal degrees)
39°11'60" N, 89°57'48" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/244105/4343146 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Plainview
Inventory number
BH 15475 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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4-panel truss (46)
Illinois (976)
Macoupin County, Illinois (26)
One-lane traffic (6,990)
Open (22,300)
Pin-connected (513)
Pony truss (9,534)
Pratt truss (1,667)
Truss (16,272)
Wooden deck (5,164)

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Macoupin Bridge
Posted April 20, 2007, by J Lance (bugo [at] hotmail [dot] com)

http://www.thetelegraph.com/onset?id=602&template=article.html

Another old bridge ruined by a moron in a truck.