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Pekin Lift Bridge

Peoria County, Illinois, and Tazewell County, Illinois

Photos 

Photo taken by Mike Fahrenbacher @ 1980

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BH Photo #244397

Map 

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)

Categories 

Built 1928 (1,173)
Built during 1920s (9,925)
County line crossing (533)
Illinois (4,647)
Lost (24,751)
Lost 1980 (95)
Lost during 1980s (1,374)
Movable (2,975)
Parker through truss (1,297)
 Parker truss (1,678)
Pekin, Illinois (7)
Peoria County, Illinois (92)
Replaced by new bridge (16,592)
Tazewell County, Illinois (77)
Through truss (15,077)
Truss (32,801)
Vertical lift (420)

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

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Mike Fahrenbacher
  • Luke
  • Douglas Butler
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Comments 

Unknown Lift Bridge
Posted December 7, 2012, by Ross Brown (bluehavanaross [at] gmail [dot] com)

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".