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Pekin Lift Bridge
Photos
Photo taken by Mike Fahrenbacher @ 1980
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BH Photo #244397
Description
This Strauss vertical lift bridge was constructed by the Strauss Engineering Company that specializes in bascule bridges.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Strauss vertical-lift through truss bridge over Illinois River on IL 9 in Pekin
- Location
- Pekin, Peoria County, Illinois, and Tazewell County, Illinois
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1928-29; replaced 1980
- Design
- Main span: Strauss Vertical lift Parker through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.57319, -89.65500 (decimal degrees)
40°34'23" N, 89°39'18" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/275263/4494766 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Pekin
- Inventory number
- BH 54848 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- September 17, 2014: New photo from Gene Smania
- December 7, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Updating info
- December 7, 2012: Added by Mike Fahrenbacher
This bridge is the old highway bridge at Pekin. The new bridge was completed sometime in the early 1980s. It can be found on the Bridgehunter site under "Pekin Bridge".