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Delray Bridge
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View Of Bridge, Looking North From West Hank
Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Through truss bridge over Spring Creek on E1200N Road
- Location
- Iroquois County, Illinois
- Status
- Replaced by new bridge
- History
- Built 1883 in Concord Township, relocated to this location in 1931, replaced in 2002
- Builder
- - King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
- Design
- Pin-connected, 10-panel Whipple through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.67838, -88.00795 (decimal degrees)
40°40'42" N, 88°00'29" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/414818/4503544 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Onarga West
- Inventory numbers
- 038-0084
BH 38440 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- March 3, 2013: Updated by Gene Smania: added IDOT inventory number
- December 28, 2008: Added by Kim Harvey
Sources
- Kim Harvey
- HAER IL-35 - Delray Bridge, Spanning Spring Creek, Delrey, Iroquois County, IL
- Jacob P. Bernard - jacob_bernard [at] yahoo [dot] com
Comments
Delray Bridge
The local story was that the bridge was originally built further east in the county. When they replaced it with a new bridge it was relocated to this location. Because it was an eye-bar design they were able to add or subtract parts to make it fit at this location--like an oversized Erector Set. It was the last Whipple truss in this IDOT district.
Delray Bridge
Bridge was located on East 1200 North Road about 1 mile east of US 45, northeast of the village of Del Rey.
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