Historic Bridges is not sure if it is a cantilever or continuous truss bridge. His current theory is that it is a continuous truss bridge because he could not find any hinges in the main span.
Bridge Hunter indicates it was built in 1932 and rehabilitated in 1985. Even though it was posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 27, 1999, its replacement is being constructed. The bridge is free to anyone who will move it someplace else. But you don't toss that into the back of a pickup truck.
Historic Bridges says this continuous truss bridge is in good shape but the reason it is being replaced is that the lanes are too narrow. Since the replacement is being built right next to it, then they should have built a new bridge to carry one direction of traffic and allow this one to remain for the other direction of traffic.
A video of them removing the pier debris with a clamshell.
Roger Husband caught a BNSF train approaching the north side of the truss bridge. You can see some of the new piers under the truss.
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| Photo by Iowa Department of Transportation via Bridge Hunter |
The above 1932 bridge no longer exists. It was imploded March 9, 2018, after the following tied-arch bridge replaced it.
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| Chuck Edmonson posted Summer, 1932. The partially finished Savanna Sabula Toll Bridge over the Mississippi. |
Bridge Hunter indicates it was built in 1932 and rehabilitated in 1985. Even though it was posted to the National Register of Historic Places on August 27, 1999, its replacement is being constructed. The bridge is free to anyone who will move it someplace else. But you don't toss that into the back of a pickup truck.
Historic Bridges says this continuous truss bridge is in good shape but the reason it is being replaced is that the lanes are too narrow. Since the replacement is being built right next to it, then they should have built a new bridge to carry one direction of traffic and allow this one to remain for the other direction of traffic.
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| Darel Maden posted Old Savanna-Subula Mississippi I believe a new bridge was built and this was demolished, but not sure of it, this photo is from a few years back. |
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| Annette Cheek commented on Darel's post Yes the old one went down in 2018 and here is a pic of the new one, at least not cable stayed |
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| Jerry Jackson posted C44-9W 5325 leads her train under the Sabula Bridge, entering Savanna, IL, summer of 2013. |
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| Jerry Jackson posted This eastbound train is entering North Savanna, IL, passing under the bridge to Sabula, IA. The bridge crosses over the Mississippi River. Summer of 2013. Todd Cornilsen I'll miss that bridge.... [So the new arch bridge is not going to add lanes, it is going to destroy the old bridge.] |
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| Satellite, accessed Jan 2021 [I'm surprised the satellite image is so old it doesn't show any signs of constructing the new bridge.] |
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| Ginger Glass Tuttle posted Old Savanna Bridge [Several comments compared the scariness of this bridge with the Brookport Bridge, especially on a motorcycle.] |
Rusty Sanders posted six photos with the comment: "Manitowoc MLC-300 VPC MAX setting the 1st arch piece on the Savanna/Sabula bridge. Savanna Illinois. 137,000 gross wt."
Austin Hamilton posted five photos of the "energetic felling" of the truss bridge with the comment:
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2 of 3 photos posted by Jan Danielsen with the comment: "Tom Behringer River pool 13 Sabula, Iowa --Savanna, Illinois. Southbound."
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| Jeff Tomlinson posted A new 300 working on a new bridge across the Mississippi. Sublua-Savana [sic.]. |
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| Rusty Sanders posted MLC-300 VPCMAX Getting some! Setting arch ribs on the New Savanna Illinois Mississippi River bridge. "Big Iron" Ben at the helm... Photo taken out of the side window of my American 9310. Notice the boom angle indicator in the lower right corner. Rusty Sanders In that configuration it is good for 160,000 lb at 160 ft Rusty Sanders 105,000 lbs. at 148' radius.. |
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| tom Nugent posted Bridge job, Savanna Illinois/ Sabula Iowa Mississippi River Bridge. Manitowoc MLC300. Dave Morse Can any operators tell me, does it affect capacity of a crane, such as the above, while working off a barge, I've only operated rough terrain rigs with 70 ton capacity, had a chance too break in on 180 ton Loraine friction machine, but was to young and stupid to take the opportunity!!! [Unfortunately, no one answered. Lifts like this where the boom is along the long axis of the barge and there is plenty of barge under the boom don't concern me. But I have seen other pictures were they are lifting off the side of the barge.] |
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| Cranesy When the Manitowoc MLC300 crawler crane debuted with Variable Position Counterweight (VPC) and VPC-MAX heavy lift attachment, one of its unique selling points was the crane’s barge-lifting capabilities. The reduced footprint and floating counterweight meant that it would be much more efficient for lifters to barge-mount a crawler crane. Contracting teams could erect the crane onto smaller water-based barges because the machine automatically adjusts its center of gravity for each lift. The MLC300 is now erected on a barge in the Mississippi River measuring 70 ft by 195 ft. It’s lifting 76 USt arch rib sections to a height of 165 ft using 295 ft of main boom, all from a 100 ft radius. To meet the lift radius and pick weight requirements on the job, Kraemer’s MLC300 had to be outfitted with its optional VPC-MAX attachment, which enhances the crane’s capacity and enables additional boom and jib length combinations. |
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| JJ Novak posted Kraemer North America is replacing an 84-year-old truss bridge, the 2,482 ft (757 m)-long Savanna-Sabula Bridge near Savanna, Illinois, using a barge-mounted Manitowoc MLC300 equipped with VPC-MAX, hired from Dawes Rigging & Crane Rental (Dawes), a member of the ALL Family of Companies. Note: this is from July. |
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| Jim Arvites posted A view looking south from the bluffs along the Mississippi River just north of Savanna, Illinois of a westbound BNSF freight on the old CB&Q taken on February 27, 2018. (Keith Pokorny Photo) [We can see both road bridges in the right background.] |
I know this isn’t about the rails of savanna but anyone that’s been to savanna knows the bridge last Friday on March 9th 2018 the old historical bridge went down with dynamite with only the new bridge standing today.I rearranged the order into a more understandable chronological order.
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| William Brown posted The Signal Maintainer is on the Eastbound Main of the Aurora Sub at Savanna, Illinois this morning. The new Dale Gardner Veterans Memorial Bridge as the background. This mornings beautiful blue skies add nice contrast. Matt Vaclavik That looks like almost a carbon copy of the one that just opened in Meredosia. |
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| Roger Husband posted The tranquil scene of last nights sunset in Savanna masks the raging river. If past history holds true the long duration high water will significantly change the sandbars. Boaters beware! [Flood of 2019. It looks like the wide part of the piers is almost covered. The dams are wide open from Lock 2 to Mel Price at Alton.] |
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| John Joseph Walsh III posted The newly replaced US 52/IL&IA 64 bridge 11/18/18 |
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| William Brown posted The new Veterans Memorial Park at the North End of Savanna, Illinois is a great spot for River and Railroad Pictures until about 1 PM. This Southbound Premium Intermodal Train for BNSF's Cicero Yard is nicely framed by the bridge. |
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| RoadBridges [The truss bridge was on the National Register of Historic Places. But that did not save it.] |
2 of 3 photos posted by Jan Danielsen with the comment: "Tom Behringer River pool 13 Sabula, Iowa --Savanna, Illinois. Southbound."
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| Jan Danielsen posted Sabula, Iowa--Savanna, Illinois. Mark Duley coming down and John D. Nugent waiting. Picture taken at 12:39 from our bass boat. BUSY day for towboats and barges in this area. 9-18-2 Dennis DeBruler: And a nice view of the main spans of the CP and US-52 bridges. |
Roger Husband caught a BNSF train approaching the north side of the truss bridge. You can see some of the new piers under the truss.
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