Carmi Bridge (1916)

Photos 

Postcard

BH Photo #102641

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Lost three-span Marsh arch bridge over Little Wabash River on IL 1 in Carmi

Location

Carmi, White County, Illinois

Status

Replaced by a steel stringer bridge

History

Replaced 1949

Builders

- Marsh Engineering Co. of Des Moines, Iowa (Arch Design)
- Westcott Engineering Co. of Chicago, Illinois (Marsh-affiliated contractor for Illinois)

Design

Marsh arch

Also called

Rainbow Arch Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+38.09244, -88.15615   (decimal degrees)
38°05'33" N, 88°09'22" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/398619/4216702 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Carmi

Inventory number

BH 15723 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• September 17, 2019: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
• June 16, 2017: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
• October 27, 2015: New photos from Luke
• February 7, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Corrected GPS

Related Bridges 

• Carmi Bridge (1878) (Predecessor)
• Carmi "Death" Bridge (1949) (Successor)

Sources 

• Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Luke
• Dana and Kay Klein
• Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com

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