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Edgewood Bridge (Pre 1894)
Photo
Bridge across the Bureau, on Backbone Road
From the book "Beautiful Bureau"
Photo by G. W. Skilling, E. H. Masters in 1894
BH Photo #506749
Description
First of four bridges at this location. It exists in an 1894 photo, and was replaced in 1912. Replaced again in 1976 and 2016.Facts
- Overview
- Lost Pony arch bridge over Bureau Creek on Backbone Road
- Location
- Bureau County, Illinois
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Existed in 1894; replaced 1912
- Design
- Metal pony arch
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.40673, -89.50956 (decimal degrees)
41°24'24" N, 89°30'34" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/290236/4586948 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 94285 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- September 9, 2021: Updated by Art Suckewer: added truss type
- September 8, 2021: Updated by Roger Deschner: Added, with photo
Related Bridges
- Edgewood Bridge (1912) (Successor) - 2nd of 4 bridges at this location
Sources
- Roger Deschner - rogerdeschner [at] gmail [dot] com
- (in Google Books) Beautiful Bureau: A Collection of Photographic Reproductions of the Picturesque, Historical, Or Otherwise Interesting Scenes of Bureau County, Illinois - By G. W. Skilling, E. H. Masters in 1894. See Plate 41
- Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com
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Roger & Nathan,
My guess is its a pony. It's not clear enough to be certain but I'm guessing its a King Bridge Co product.
Regards,
Art S.