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Facts

Overview: Through truss bridge over Embarras River on E. Harrison Road in Charleston
Location: Charleston, Coles County, Illinois
Status: Closed to all traffic
History: Built 1898
Design: Pin-connected, 10-panel Camelback Pratt through truss
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on November 30, 1981
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.48558, -88.11589 (decimal degrees)
39°29'08" N, 88°06'57" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/404035/4371258 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Westfield West
Inventory numbers: NRHP 81000213 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 15085 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Comments

Harrison Road Bridge

Posted February 25, 2008, by Anthony Dillon (dillon [dot] fam [at] att [dot] net)

This looks very much like an Indiana Bridge Company span. The sectioning of panels and overall appearance look like two Camelbacks that remain in Deleware County, Indiana.

Harrison Road Bridge

Posted February 25, 2008, by Anthony Dillon (dillon [dot] fam [at] att [dot] net)

This looks very much like an Indiana Bridge Company span. The sectioning of panels and overall appearance look like two Camelbacks that remain in Deleware County, Indiana.