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Rainbow Bridge
Description
GPS coordinates are an estimate onlyHere is a link to an article about the bridge http://www.lexingtonillinoisfort.org/Articles/2005/August/Ra...
Facts
- Overview
- Bowstring through truss bridge over Mackinaw River on abandoned section of Green Street
- Location
- McLean County, Illinois
- Status
- Abandoned
- History
- Built in 1868 by the King Bridge Company; abandoned in the 1960s
- Builder
- - King Iron Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio [also known as King Bridge Co.]
- Design
- Wrought iron Bowstring through truss
- Also called
- Pleasant Hill Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.60457, -88.75514 (decimal degrees)
40°36'16" N, 88°45'19" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/351507/4496342 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Merna
- Inventory number
- BH 45418 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- June 7, 2016: New photos from Elliott Johnson
- June 29, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Extant as of 6/24/2011
- May 30, 2010: Added by Anthony Dillon
Sources
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
- Luke
- Elliott Johnson - elliottsgon15 [at] hotmail [dot] com
Comments
Rainbow Bridge
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This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/il/mclean/rainbow/
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/il/mclean/rainbow/
I added this a couple years ago and am glad to see it still exists. A truly hidden gem that needs a new lease on life. The county had talked of making this area into a park several years ago...but unfortunately that never came to fruition.