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Carmi Covered Bridge (1841)
Description
Location is a guess based on that of the successor bridge.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Through truss bridge over Little Wabash River
- Location
- Carmi, White County, Illinois
- Status
- Replaced by new bridge
- History
- First bridge across the Little Wabash River in Carmi. Completed in 1841.
- Builder
- - Benjamin M. St. John
- Design
- Burr arch-truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.09190, -88.15540 (decimal degrees)
38°05'31" N, 88°09'19" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/398684/4216642 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 43517 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- November 24, 2021: Updated by Paul Plassman: Added coords
- November 22, 2018: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
- October 16, 2018: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
- October 11, 2018: New photos from Melissa Brand-Welch
- October 19, 2009: Added by Kim Harvey