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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: 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")
USGS topographic map: Marblehead
Inventory numbers: NRHP 96001282 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 14984 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

April 3, 2006: Posted new photos

Sources

HABS IL-267 - Fall Creek Bridge

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Fall Creek Bridge

Posted December 9, 2006, by Larry Uebner (BankOmaha [at] cox [dot] net)

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.