From today's News-Gazette:
Effective today, the city of Champaign is closing three bridges and posting load limits on three others.
Many of the bridges in question cross the Boneyard Creek just south and north of University Avenue along Second Street, and were originally scheduled to be removed or replaced in 2009 or 2010 as part of the Boneyard Creek Second Street detention improvement project.
Jake Wolf, an engineer with Frauenhoffer & Associates, said the Frauenhoffer firm inspected the city's 87 bridges between January and May and recommended closing or establishing weight limits for the six bridges in late June.
Two of the bridges in question will be repaired by this fall, while another could be repaired next year. Three of the bridges, including two little-used alley bridges, will be removed this fall or winter. Many of the bridges in question suffer from salt corrosion, with weakened bridge deck sections.
