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Carmi Bridge (Older)

White County, Illinois

Photos 

From Illinois Highways, Volumes 2-4

Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923

View this photo at books.google.com

BH Photo #340661

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Little Wabash River on Road
Location
Carmi, White County, Illinois
Status
Collapsed; Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1878; Collapsed & Replaced 1916
Builder
- Massillon Bridge Co. of Massillon, Ohio
Design
(2)10-panel, pinned wrought-iron Whipple through trusses.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.09196, -88.15573   (decimal degrees)
38°05'31" N, 88°09'21" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/398655/4216648 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Carmi
Inventory number
BH 69821 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,438)
Built 1878 (84)
Built during 1870s (1,074)
Carmi, Illinois (6)
Illinois (4,600)
Little Wabash River (45)
Lost (24,183)
Lost 1916 (53)
Lost during 1910s (475)
Massillon Bridge Co. (137)
 Owned by city (5,276)
Pin-connected (3,863)
Replaced by new bridge (16,139)
Through truss (14,889)
Truss (32,503)
Whipple truss (378)
White County, Illinois (68)
Wooden deck (6,050)
Wrought Iron (392)

Update Log 

  • January 3, 2020: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • November 16, 2018: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • October 11, 2018: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • October 27, 2015: Added by Luke

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