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Photo taken by Dale Travis in November 2009

Overview: Pratt through truss bridge over Spoon River on former IL 2 in Bernadotte
Location: Bernadotte, Fulton County, Illinois
Status: There is a closed gate across both approaches.
Future prospects: A local group wants to restore this bridge for pedestrian use.
History: Built 1915 by the Central States Bridge Company of Indianapolis, formerly carried IL Route 2 traffic, converted to pedistrian use in 1980. One of the nine bridges submitted to NRHP in "Metal Highway Bridges of Fulton County Thematic Resources".
Builders: - Carnegie Steel Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Central States Bridge Co. of Indianapolis, Indiana
Design: 1 pratt pony truss span (riveted), south east approach
1 pratt through truss span (riveted), main span
1 concrete girder, north west approach
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 160.0 ft.
Total length: 265.0 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on October 29, 1980
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.40369, -90.32093 (decimal degrees)
40°24'13" N, 90°19'15" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/727345/4476010 (zone/easting/northing)
Elevation: 460 ft. above sea level
USGS topographic map: Smithfield
Inventory numbers: NRHP 80001360 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 37340 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

September 9, 2012: New photo from Steve Conro
July 13, 2012: Updated by Fmiser: Captioned photos
July 11, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added Carnegie Steel Co.
July 10, 2012: New photos from Fmiser
July 8, 2012: Updated by Fmiser: Added categories "Wooden deck", "8-panel truss", "Riveted"
September 26, 2011: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added builder and corrected date
July 29, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: Added GPS.
August 28, 2008: Added by Kim Harvey

Bernadotte Bridge

Posted May 28, 2012, by Jeff Dege (jdege [at] jdege [dot] us)

Was there on 5/28/2012. Pedestrian access was blocked.

Bernadotte Bridge

Posted September 26, 2011, by Tony Dillon (spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Good for them... as it will be done right!

Here's a link to that story:

Bernadotte Bridge

Posted September 26, 2011, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

Good news: The group working to save this bridge has hired J. A. Barker Engineering to design a restoration of this bridge.

Bernadotte Bridge

Posted November 19, 2009, by Dale Travis (daletravis [at] bigfoot [dot] com)

Photos taken 11-4-09.