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Bridge Street Bridge

LaSalle County, Illinois

Photos 

postcard, Curt Teich & Co. Chicago, IL ca 1913/Lake County Discovery Museum collection

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND)

BH Photo #352672

Map 

Description 

Built as three span steel plate girder--construction started summer 1910; opened to traffic early 1911.Request for bids published in The American Contractor, Volume 31, April 2, 1910. Bids were due on April 4, 1910. Designed by Ralph Modjeski; construction supervised by Modjeski; built by Milwaukee Bridge Company. Superstructure replaced in 1972--Kor 10 steel. Original piers used in reconstruction. New abutments. Carries EB IL Rt 18.

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Vermilion River on Eastbound IL 18
Location
Streator, LaSalle County, Illinois
Status
Superstructure replaced
History
There was a structure here prior to 1913. Superstructure replaced in the late 1960's/early 1970's.
Builders
- Milwaukee Bridge Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Ralph Modjeski of Bochnia, Poland
Design
Deck plate girder
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.11907, -88.83831   (decimal degrees)
41°07'09" N, 88°50'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/345670/4553603 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Streator South
Inventory number
BH 72032 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1911 (785)
Built during 1910s (9,641)
Deck girder (5,753)
Girder (10,245)
Illinois (4,647)
LaSalle County, Illinois (89)
Lost (24,760)
 Milwaukee Bridge Co. (20)
Owned by bridge authority (251)
Plate girder (7,933)
Ralph Modjeski (49)
Streator, Illinois (3)
Superstructure replaced (77)

Update Log 

  • August 24, 2017: Updated by GS: Build dates; builder; designer added
  • December 15, 2016: Updated by GS: new info on construction date
  • May 6, 2016: New photos from GS
  • April 29, 2016: Added by GS

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