Photos
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North side Photo taken by James Baughn |
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South side Photo taken by James Baughn |
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East end Photo taken by James Baughn |
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West end Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Top of arch Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Underneath Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Deck view Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Railing Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Old road Photo taken by James Baughn |
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Photo-date: 1971-1975 HAARGIS photo |
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Photo-date: 1971-1975 HAARGIS photo |
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1996 HAARGIS photo |
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1996 HAARGIS photo |
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1996 HAARGIS photo |
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Facts
- Overview
- Stone arch bridge over Fall Creek just north of 223rd Lane (Payson Lane)
- Location
- Adams County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- History
- Completed October 8, 1855, by Joseph C. Elliott. Made obsolete by new bridge in 1949.
- Builder
- - Joseph C. Elliott of Payson, Illinois
- Design
- Stone arch
- Dimensions
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Span length: 55.9 ft.
Total length: 55.9 ft.
Deck width: 14.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 1996
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.79202, -91.29064 (decimal degrees)
39°47'31" N, 91°17'26" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/646356/4406071 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Marblehead
- Inventory numbers
- NRHP 96001282 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 14984 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- HABS IL-267 - Fall Creek Bridge
- Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Comments
Hi Larry,
My mother used to tell me about how she and her sister and cousins would go swimming in the "hollow" at Fall Creek, near the stone bridge. Her family would have picnics by the creek. She also said there used to be a lot of what they called "Billy Gars" in the creek, but they weren't afraid of them. Mom said the gars would just circle them and leave them alone.
Diane Clark
My father, Lawrence A. Uebner, was born in Fall Creek Twp.in 1907. He and his brother attended the Bluff Hall Church. They used to use an old swimming hole just off the bridge. I visited the bridge in the 1980s. Thank you for the photos.