Adams County Fairgrounds Pony Bridge
Photos
Southern End of Bridge
Both ends are blocked by big logs. This bridge is in a small draw in the woods on the southeast edge of the Adams County Fairgrounds.
Photo taken by K. Allen Ballard
BH Photo #292620
Description
Bridge was removed ~2003 from Adams County CR 1800N/CR 725E by Adams County Road Dept. It originally spanned Frazier creek on a little used dirt road. The original location was approx 1 mile north & west of the US24/IL96 jct between Quincy & Ursa, IL. Adams Road Dept was going to scrap this structure but discovered it to be NHRP registered; instead it was offered to the Adams County Olde Tyme Assn and moved to the Adams County Fairgrounds. During a recent deep cold snap (winter 2013-14) a structural member froze and broke. The OTA jacked it up and supported it until some future point when it might be repaired. At present there is no budget $$ for that.Webmaster's Note: Previous location of bridge was at coordinates 40.02217, -91.37202.
Facts
- Overview
- Pony truss bridge over a branch of Honey Creek at Adams County Fairgrounds
- Location
- Adams County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- Future prospects
- Preserved in alternate location by Adams County Olde Tyme Assn. Can be accessed by fair goers by foot traffic at back of Adams County Fairgrounds.
- History
- Originally located over Frazier Creek on CR 1800N/CR 725E; later relocated to fairgrounds
- Design
- 3 Panel Warren Pony Truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 40.0 ft.
Total length: 42.0 ft.
Deck width: 15.1 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Also called
- Frazier Creek Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.05294, -91.26564 (decimal degrees)
40°03'11" N, 91°15'56" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/647933/4435073 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Mendon
- Inventory numbers
- IL 001-3066 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 58728 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- June 18, 2017: Merged duplicate pages
- October 14, 2014: Updated by K. Allen Ballard: Corrected original CR location over Frazier Creek, hopefully more details to follow.
- August 29, 2014: Updated by K. Allen Ballard: Added photos and minor update of description.
- November 7, 2013: Added by Nathan Holth
Sources
- Nathan Holth
- K. Allen Ballard - speedeeprint [at] gmail [dot] com
Comments
Not a Truesdell but actually a Warren Pony truss. Have contacted Old Tyme Fair Assn for more info on the identity of this bridge. Stay tuned.
I followed up on Nathan's post and have posted photographic details of the bridge visible on Google imagery. I have emailed Nathan, hoping he will confirm/deny his opinion. Hopefully, this is what he suspects it to be; that would be pretty exciting for all of us bridge hunters.......
There reportedly may be a Truesdell Truss in the Adams County Fairground associated with the Adams County Old Tyme Association. If I find out more, I will let everyone know. Currently, only one Truesdell Truss is confirmed, and that is in New Hampshire. The discovery of a second one would be very exciting!
This entry represents the only bridge-like structure I can see in available imagery at the fairgrounds. It may be the Truesdell Truss, some other historic pony truss, or not a bridge at all. But it looks like some sort of pony truss to me.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/il/adams/mystery/
Glad you were able to visit the bridge and find out what is there. Its a nice historic riveted Warren pony, but not the Truesdell. Were you able, during your visit, to confirm if there were any other bridges in the fairgrounds?