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South Fork Bridge

Adams County, Illinois
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photo 1971-1975

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Overview
Abandoned bowstring through truss bridge over South Fork Bear Creek on CR 2353 N
Location
Adams County, Illinois
Status
Abandoned
History
Built ca. 1880
Design
Bowstring through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.10645, -91.21692   (decimal degrees)
40°06'23" N, 91°13'01" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/651971/4441095 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Coatsburg
Inventory number
BH 45247 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,851)
Abandoned (1,394)
Adams County, Illinois (38)
Bowstring through truss (85)
Bowstring truss (204)
Built during 1880s (1,055)
Illinois (2,501)
Through truss (9,255)
Truss (23,616)
Wooden deck (5,415)

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  • May 14, 2010: Added by Robert Stephenson

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South Fork Bridge
Posted July 2, 2011, by Julie Bowers (jbowerz1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

I went bridge spottin for this bridge last spring and it does not exist anymore, hasn't for more than 20 years. Might be sitting behind someone's barn but those are just stories. Interesting town right there on the river. The earth abuttments did exist.