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English Street Bridge

Vermilion County, Illinois

Photo 

Workers from Circle Iron & Metal Co. of Danville pose as they start demolition of the E. English Street Bridge - Sept. 2, 1954.

Photo from microfilm

BH Photo #185685

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pony truss bridge over Stony Creek on East English Street in Danville
Location
Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois
Status
Removed
History
Built 1895, demolished in 1954
Builder
- Bellefontaine Bridge & Iron Co. of Bellefontaine, Ohio
Design
Pin-connected Pratt pony truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.14244, -87.61895   (decimal degrees)
40°08'33" N, 87°37'08" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/447276/4443750 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Danville NE
Inventory number
BH 46899 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,400)
Bellefontaine Bridge & Iron Co. (37)
Built 1895 (290)
Built during 1890s (3,195)
Danville, Illinois (49)
Illinois (4,930)
Lost (28,544)
Lost 1954 (89)
 Lost during 1950s (870)
Owned by city (6,086)
Pin-connected (4,715)
Pony truss (17,020)
Pratt pony truss (3,954)
Pratt truss (10,308)
Truss (35,508)
Vermilion County, Illinois (149)

Update Log 

  • November 10, 2010: Added by Mike Roegner

Sources 

  • Mike Roegner

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