Rating:
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Old East Street Bridge

Champaign County, Illinois

Photos 

Overview

Photo taken by James McCray

BH Photo #180972

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Sangamon River on a pedestrian trail (former East Street) in Mahomet
Location
Mahomet, Champaign County, Illinois
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
Built 1912
Builder
- Decatur Bridge Co. of Decatur, Illinois
Design
2-span pin-connected Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.19226, -88.39824   (decimal degrees)
40°11'32" N, 88°23'54" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/380980/4450033 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Mahomet
Inventory number
BH 46418 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

A-frame portal (534)
Built 1912 (886)
Built during 1910s (10,080)
Champaign County, Illinois (44)
Decatur Bridge Co. (25)
Have street view (29,918)
Illinois (4,954)
Mahomet, Illinois (2)
Open to pedestrians (4,632)
 Owned by city (6,160)
Pin-connected (5,078)
Pratt through truss (6,235)
Pratt truss (10,551)
Preserved (1,236)
Through truss (17,906)
Truss (36,827)
Wooden deck (6,217)

Update Log 

  • August 29, 2017: Updated by Dave King: Added categories "A-frame portal", "Wooden deck"
  • May 30, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
  • October 5, 2010: New photos from J.P.
  • October 5, 2010: Added by James McCray

Sources 

  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Mike Roegner
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Comments 

Old East Street Bridge
Posted October 8, 2010, by Mike Roegner (Roegner [at] soltec [dot] net)

Well you can't say this bridge lacks photo documentation. Here's a few photos of the bridge before the 1997-98 rehab. It was fairly neglected with the prerequisite pile of dirt blocking the roadway. The thing I don't see in these photos is the builders plaque. I wonder if that was in storage somewhere, or if the current plaque was original to the bridge.

Webmaster's note: The photos that were here have been incorporated into the main site.

Old East Street Bridge
Posted October 6, 2010, by Mike Roegner (rogner [at] soltec [dot] net)

Here's a photo of the bridge undergoing restoration. The deck was originaly concrete,and has been replaced with a wood deck. There's only one builders plaque - I guess they were lucky to have that.