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View from Riverview Park

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View from northeast

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Main spans

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View from southeast

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East end

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West end

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East stone arch approach

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Wooden pier

Map 

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Facts 

Overview
Plate girder swing bridge over Quincy Bay providing access to Quinsippi Island Park in Quincy
Location
Quincy, Adams County, Illinois
Status
Open to one-lane traffic
History
Possibly built 1868 by the CB&Q Railroad; later retrofitted for vehicle traffic
Design
Swing Deck plate girder
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.94682, -91.41919   (decimal degrees)
39°56'49" N, 91°25'09" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/635045/4423051 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Quincy West
Inventory number
BH 14998 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Adams County, Illinois (29)
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Girder (559)
Illinois (1,291)
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Open (23,107)
Plate girder (287)
Quincy, Illinois (8)
Rail-to-road (30)
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Update Log 

  • April 3, 2006: Posted new photos