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Siloam Springs State Park Bridge

Adams County, Illinois, and Brown County, Illinois
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Photo taken by Julie Bowers

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Overview
Bowstring pony truss bridge over Branch McKee Creek on a pedestrian walkway
Location
Siloam Springs State Park, Adams County, Illinois, and Brown County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
Builders
- Columbia Bridge Works of Dayton, Ohio (likely fabricator)
- D.H. Morrison
Design
Bowstring pony truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.88708, -90.91702   (decimal degrees)
39°53'14" N, 90°55'01" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/678102/4417301 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Kellerville
Inventory number
BH 53514 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Adams County, Illinois (38)
Bowstring pony truss (127)
Bowstring truss (211)
Brown County, Illinois (7)
Columbia Bridge Works (25)
D.H. Morrison (5)
Illinois (2,500)
Open (28,314)
 Owned by state (9,808)
Park (20)
Pony truss (13,217)
Preserved (652)
Siloam Springs State Park, Illinois (1)
Truss (23,574)
Wrought iron (225)

Update Log 

  • September 18, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added photographs, refined stream name, changed status to open to traffic
  • September 12, 2012: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added ca. date and probable fabricator
  • September 12, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Park"
  • September 12, 2012: Added by James McCray

Sources 

  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Bridge at Siloam Springs State Park - Panoramio Photo of Bridge
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Siloam Springs State Park Bridge
Posted September 18, 2012, by Julie Bowers (jbowerz1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

She is twee and open for traffic.....oh my.

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Siloam Springs State Park Bridge
Posted September 15, 2012, by JulienBowers (jbowerz1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

I am heading this way coming to Indy next week. May have to stop.

Siloam Springs State Park Bridge
Posted September 14, 2012, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

This is actually an incredible find!

Siloam Springs State Park Bridge
Posted September 12, 2012, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This appears to be a rare Columbia Bridge Works bowstring pony, which would make it ca. 1870's.

Definitely not the old South Fork Bridge though, which was longer and a through truss.

Nice find James!

Siloam Springs State Park Bridge
Posted September 12, 2012, by Luke Harden (lmharden [at] iastate [dot] edu)

I've inquired about using the image from panaramio

Siloam Springs State Park Bridge
Posted September 12, 2012, by James McCray (jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Just posted this bridge here. It was not previously listed and I know nothing about it. There seems to be no information regarding it, but it (according to the photo link I added) seems to be a real bowstring bridge. There is another bridge (http://bridgehunter.com/il/adams/south-fork/) listed in Adams county is a bowstring that I wonder could be this bridge, but the problem with it is that it seems to have overhead bracing and looks larger. Anyway, I need help here.