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London Mills Bridge

Knox County, Illinois, and Fulton County, Illinois
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Facing South

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Spoon River on CH 39 in London Mills
Location
London Mills, Knox County, Illinois, and Fulton County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1883; replaced 1985. One of the nine bridges submitted to NRHP in "Metal Highway Bridges of Fulton County Thematic Resources", 1980-10-29
Builder
- King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
Design
Pin-connected, 8-panel Pratt through truss
Bedstead Pratt pony truss - North approach
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 130.0 ft.
Total length: 257.5 ft.
Deck width: 16.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.5 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.71374, -90.26616   (decimal degrees)
40°42'49" N, 90°15'58" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/730925/4510575 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
London Mills
Inventory numbers
NRHP 80001358 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 36914 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,820)
Beam (6,046)
Bedstead Pratt pony truss (242)
Bedstead truss (389)
Built 1883 (84)
Built during 1880s (1,045)
Formerly NR-eligible (264)
Fulton County, Illinois (22)
HAER documented (781)
Illinois (2,499)
King Bridge Co. (161)
Knox County, Illinois (12)
London Mills, Illinois (1)
Lost (10,361)
 Lost 1985 (37)
Lost during 1980s (436)
Owned by township (1,813)
Pony truss (13,217)
Pratt pony truss (2,342)
Pratt through truss (3,165)
Pratt truss (5,659)
Replaced by new bridge (7,135)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,954)
Steel stringer (2,325)
Through truss (9,205)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,371)
Truss (23,568)

Update Log 

  • July 8, 2012: Updated by Fmiser: Added to histroy
  • March 3, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Added GPS coordinates, County, NRHP data and Design
  • July 23, 2008: Added by Kim Harvey

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