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HAER photo: Side view

These photos from the Historic American Engineering Record show the bridge when it was still in use [HAER photo taken October 1989 by Roger McCredie]

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HAER photo: Portal view

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HAER photo: Deck view

Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Bureau Creek on TR 236 near Tiskilwa
Location: Bureau County, Illinois
Status: Replaced by modern bridge
History: Built 1884 by the Smith Bridge Co.; replaced 1995
Builder: - Smith Bridge Co. of Toledo, Ohio
Design: Main span: Pin-connected, 8-panel Pratt through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 119.0 ft.
Total length: 194.0 ft.
Deck width: 14.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 13.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.29383, -89.49285 (decimal degrees)
41°17'38" N, 89°29'34" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Land survey: T. 25 N., R. 11 E., Sec. 7
USGS topographic map: Princeton South
Inventory number: BH 15040 (Bridgehunter.com ID)