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Irish Hollow Creek Bridge
Description
Changed status from derelict/abandoned since it appears to be kept up. Wood deck is relatively new and in good shape. Bridge also appears to be maintained.Facts
- Overview
- Abandoned Pratt pony truss bridge over Irish Hollow Creek on Old ILL 84
- Location
- North Hanover, Jo Daviess County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to authorized vehicles only
- History
- Plaque has 1874 patent date on it by the Wrought Iron Bridge Company
- Builder
- - Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
- Design
- 4-panel, pinned Pratt pony truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.29207, -90.28114 (decimal degrees)
42°17'31" N, 90°16'52" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/724145/4685784 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Hanover
- Inventory number
- BH 76411 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- November 9, 2020: Updated by Art Suckewer: corrected build date. The plaque refers to the patent issue date, not the build date.
- February 25, 2020: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added truss type
- February 24, 2020: Updated by Steve Conro: pics info
- April 4, 2017: Added by J.P.
Sources
- J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com
Comments
Irish Hollow Creek Bridge
Date turned out to be 1874 so I'm quite sure this wasn't an alignment of IL84. This had to be a wagon bridge. The abutments suggest it could be that long at this location but unsure. There really isn't a "road" or path leading to the south end but a lot could have changed in 150 years.
Comments,input?
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1913 map from HistoricAerials shows it as the sole road into "North Hanover" from the South