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West Serena Bridge

LaSalle County, Illinois

Photos 

Photo taken by Steve Conro in December 2011

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BH Photo #222538

Map 

Description 

This bridge is on private property. As a courtesy to the landowner, please do not visit without permission. Landowner information will not be disseminated on this website.

Facts 

Overview
Concrete tee beam bridge over Indian Creek on Private Road (Old US-52)
Location
LaSalle County, Illinois
Status
Open to authorized vehicles only on private property
History
Built 1912
Design
Concrete Tee beam
Dimensions
Total length: 120.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.48461, -88.77422   (decimal degrees)
41°29'05" N, 88°46'27" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/351880/4594075 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Wedron
Inventory number
BH 50736 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (15,725)
Built 1912 (825)
Built during 1910s (9,643)
Concrete tee beam (3,169)
Illinois (4,649)
LaSalle County, Illinois (89)
Open to authorized vehicles (259)
Owned privately (1,725)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,176)
US 52 (38)

Update Log 

  • March 19, 2020: Updated by James Baughn: Merged duplicate pages
  • February 13, 2020: New Street View added by Geoff Hubbs
  • January 4, 2019: New photos from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • July 25, 2017: Updated by Robert Elder: Edited listing to reflect private ownership.
  • December 29, 2011: Added by Steve Conro

Sources 

  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
  • Geoff Hubbs
  • Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Robert Elder - robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
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Comments 

Old Route 52 Indian Creek Bridge
Posted July 25, 2017, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Mr. Davis:

Thanks for the comment. I have edited this listing to reflect the fact that the bridge is on private property.

Old Route 52 Indian Creek Bridge
Posted July 25, 2017, by Dan Davis (dwdavis46 [at] gmail [dot] com)

In your listing for this bridge it states that it is open to traffic. This is certainly not the case. The road to the bridge is privately owned by my family as well as by my neighbor. Due to the easy access off of Rt.52 we have had many problems with trespassers. Again, this is private property and not open any kind of traffic be it vehicular, foot or otherwise.

Regards, Dan Davis

Old Route 52 Indian Creek Bridge
Posted February 13, 2012, by Gene Smania

US 52 was relocated north (upstream) of this structure about 1933 and SN 050-0057-a deck truss-was built in that new location. SN 050-0057 was removed and replaced in 1988 by SN 050-0201--a steel girder structure. This original structure is posted as private property and provides access to farm fields.