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Gaumer Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Lost through truss bridge over North Fork Vermilion River on TR 101, 0.5 mi. west of Alvin
- Location
- Vermilion County, Illinois
- Status
- Replaced by new bridge
- History
- Built 1886, damaged by flooding in 1994 and removed, replaced by new bridge in 2002
- Builder
- - King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
- Design
- Wrought iron, pin-connected, 7-panel Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 118.0 ft.
Total length: 132.8 ft.
Deck width: 13.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.5 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.30371, -87.62223 (decimal degrees)
40°18'13" N, 87°37'20" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/447122/4461652 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Bismarck
- Inventory numbers
- IL 092-3100 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15709 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
© Copyright 2002-18, James Baughn and contributors.
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/il/vermilion/92310020340/
This page's URL is http://bridgehunter.com/il/vermilion/92310020340/
I've uploaded some photos of the Gaumer bridge. The bridge was damaged in a 1994 flood and dismantled. That left the residents of Alvin living on the west side without an exit route out of town should a train be blocking all the crossings, so the citizens requested a replacement bridge. That came in 2002 at a cost of $1,108,160.
Webmaster's note: The photos that were here have been incorporated into the main site.