Structure 6013400000000 · Bureau County, IL

Old Dad Joe Trail over Bureau Creek

Carries Old Dad Joe Trail over Bureau Creek, 0.5 Mi W Jct Ill 26.

Overall conditionPoor

Set by its lowest-rated component: Superstructure at 4 of 9.

How ratings work
Deck5/9 · Fair
Superstructuresets the rating4/9 · Poor
Substructure5/9 · Fair
Channelnot part of overall7/9 · Good
0 failed4 poor6 fair9 excellent

Elevation

Side view, colored by inspection rating
SEMI-TRUCK · 72 FT148 FT OVERALL25 FT0ELEVATION · LENGTHS TO SCALE
Deck 5/9Superstructure 4/9 · sets the ratingSubstructure 5/9

148 ft end to end: about 2 semi-trucks nose to tail. Lengths and the semi-truck on the deck are drawn to the same scale. Each part is colored by its latest inspection rating. The inventory records lengths but not heights or the layout of the shorter spans, so those are drawn as typical for a through truss.

Built1863rebuilt 1973
Length148.0 ft45.1 m
Daily traffic275counted 2017
Last inspectedJuly 2024every 12 months

Location

StateIllinois
CountyBureau
Location0.5 Mi W Jct Ill 26
CarriesOld Dad Joe Trail
CrossesBureau Creek
Coordinates41.41658, -89.47848

Physical Characteristics

MaterialWood or Timber
DesignTruss - Thru
Total Length148.0 ft (45.1 m)
Max Span95.1 ft (29 m)
Deck Width22.6 ft (6.9 m)
Deck Area311.2 sq m
Main Spans1
Year Built1863 (reconstructed 1973)

Traffic

Avg Daily Traffic275 (2017)
Truck Traffic1%
Lanes On Bridge1

Inspection & Ownership

Last InspectionJuly 2024
Inspection FrequencyEvery 12 months
OwnerState Highway Agency
Historical SignificanceBridge is on the National Register of Historic Places
Scour Critical5 — Stable for scour
Structure Number006013400000000

How Bridge Ratings Work

Inspectors rate each major part of a bridge (the deck you drive on, the superstructure of beams that holds it up, and the substructure of piers and abutments beneath) on a 0–9 scale. A bridge's overall condition is its lowest of those ratings, so one deteriorated component makes the whole bridge "poor."

0Failed
1Imminent failure
2Critical
3Serious
4Poor
5Fair
6Satisfactory
7Good
8Very good
9Excellent
Good · lowest component 7–9
Fair · lowest component 5–6
Poor · lowest component 0–4

A poor rating is not a closure. It means the bridge is flagged for priority repair or replacement; bridges judged unsafe are closed or posted with weight limits. The waterway (channel) rating is reported, but it does not count toward the overall classification.

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