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View To South

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View To North

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View To Northeast

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Approach And East Portal

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Approach And West Portal

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View To Northeast Showing Southwest Pier Support Of Truss

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Plaque At West Portal

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Undercarriage Of Deck, View To West

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Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost pennsylvania through truss bridge over Iroquois River on Ch 45
Location
Iroquois County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1896; replaced 1995
Builder
- Clinton Bridge & Iron Works of Clinton, Iowa
Design
Pennsylvania through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 200 ft.
Total length: 222.4 ft.
Deck width: 17 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.81238, -87.80703   (decimal degrees)
40°48'45" N, 87°48'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/431935/4518243 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 27 N., R. 13 W., Sec. 22
USGS topographic map
Crescent City
Inventory number
BH 36911 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log 

  • February 26, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: HAER data
  • July 22, 2008: Added by Kim Harvey

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