Historic Bridges of the U.S. | Mountain Glen Bridge

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Overview

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The truss

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Damaged guardrail

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Truss connection

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Old deck planks

Sitting next to the bridge is a pile of old wood planks; presumably these were part of the bridge deck and were recently removed and discarded

Overview: Pony truss bridge over a branch of Clear Creek near Mountain Glen
Location: Union County, Illinois
Status: Open to traffic on a paved road
Design: Skewed 4-panel Pratt pony truss with a wooden deck
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 49.9 ft.
Total length: 50.8 ft.
Deck width: 21.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.52796, -89.28595 (decimal degrees)
37°31'41" N, 89°17'09" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/298006/4155898 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey: T. 11 S., R. 2 W., Sec. 25
USGS topographic map: Cobden
Inventory number: BH 15697 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Mountain Glen Bridge

Posted June 7, 2006, by Anonymous (davidsspatula [at] yahoo [dot] com)

this bridge plays a song, a tune, a little honkey tonk... driven over and foregotten.