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Old Stone Arch Bridge

Champaign County, Illinois
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Photo taken by J.P.

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Description 

In 1863, the first street railway connected downtown Urbana with the Illinois Central station to the west. The horse-drawn line passed over this small bridge. Street Cars replaced the horses when service stopped in 1936.

Facts 

Overview
Stone arch bridge on Old Street Rail
Location
Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois
History
Built 1863
Design
Stone arch
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 14, 1981
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.11277, -88.23719   (decimal degrees)
40°06'46" N, 88°14'14" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/394566/4441007 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Urbana
Inventory numbers
NRHP 81000210 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 46409 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,822)
Arch (9,420)
Built 1863 (13)
Built during 1860s (217)
Champaign County, Illinois (22)
Champaign, Illinois (1)
Deck arch (8,703)
 Illinois (2,500)
Interurban (122)
NR-listed (2,354)
Open (28,314)
Preserved (652)
Railroad (4,075)
Stone arch (1,927)

Update Log 

  • November 11, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • October 12, 2010: New photos from James McCray
  • October 4, 2010: Added by J.P.

Sources 

  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Old Stone Arch Bridge
Posted November 12, 2012, by J.P. (wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com)

This bridge looks awesome compared to when I found it when the park was still being built.