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13th Avenue Bridge

Rock Island County, Illinois

Photo 

13th Avenue bridge

This bridge once carried vehicular and street car traffic over a ravine in Rock Island, IL. Photo taken on May 4, 1912.

BH Photo #387270

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Post Deck truss bridge over gully on 13th Avenue and 27th Street
Location
Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois
Status
Filled in
History
Ravine filled in 1912
Railroads
- Streetcar
- Tri-City Railway & Light Co. (TCR&L)
Design
Post Deck truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.49861, -90.56143   (decimal degrees)
41°29'55" N, 90°33'41" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/703541/4596981 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Milan
Inventory number
BH 52416 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Deck truss (1,877)
Filled in (86)
Illinois (4,844)
Lost (27,267)
Lost 1912 (47)
Lost during 1910s (607)
Other deck truss (23)
Pin-connected (4,331)
 Post Deck Truss (7)
Rail-and-Road (396)
Railroad (16,232)
Rock Island County, Illinois (74)
Rock Island, Illinois (22)
Streetcar (289)
Tri-City Railway & Light Co. (10)
Truss (34,602)

Update Log 

  • April 16, 2017: New photo from David Sebben
  • May 10, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Post Deck Truss"
  • May 9, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

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13th Avenue Bridge
Posted May 10, 2012, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

I would call this a "Post Deck Truss" which would be an extremely rare find.