Covel Creek Stone Arch

Photos 

Arch bridge over Covel Creek

Ottawa Times newspaper, Flashback Friday section 2016

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BH Photo #348958

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Lost stone arch bridge over Covel Creek on IL 71

Location

LaSalle County, Illinois

Status

No longer exists

History

One span collapsed in 1960's? Removed in 1970's?

Design

Stone arch

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.31554, -88.88063   (decimal degrees)
41°18'56" N, 88°52'50" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/342589/4575491 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Starved Rock

Inventory number

BH 67549 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• November 27, 2018: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
• February 27, 2016: New photos from Gene Smania
• February 14, 2016: New photo from Gene Smania
• June 17, 2015: Updated by Gene Smania: changed location on map-structure was just upstream of present day Ill Rt 71 bridge, structure in background of photo was replaced in 1981
• May 12, 2015: Added by Luke

Sources 

• Luke
• Rivers and Bridges in and around Ottawa, Illinois - Lyle Hamm Postcard & Photo Collection - Image #1
• Rivers and Bridges in and around Ottawa, Illinois - Lyle Hamm Postcard & Photo Collection - Image #2
• Rivers and Bridges in and around Ottawa, Illinois - Lyle Hamm Postcard & Photo Collection - Postcard
• Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com

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