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Possum Road Bridge

White County, Illinois

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Possum Road Bridge

Postcard from my personal collection

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BH Photo #449753

Map 

Description 

The portal design is suggestive of a Massillon Bridge Company design.

Facts 

Overview
Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Little Wabash River on CR 1175E/FAS 1818
Location
White County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
Replaced 1978
Builder
- Massillon Bridge Co. of Massillon, Ohio (Likely Fabricator)
Design
12-panel, pinned Whipple through truss
Also called
Bridge #1818
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.05960, -88.15720   (decimal degrees)
38°03'35" N, 88°09'26" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/398481/4213060 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 5 S., R. 9 E., Sec. 25
Inventory number
BH 83053 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (6,880)
Built during 1880s (1,835)
Illinois (4,469)
Little Wabash River (44)
Lost (22,237)
Lost 1978 (51)
Lost during 1970s (607)
Massillon Bridge Co. (127)
 Owned by county (20,045)
Replaced by new bridge (14,831)
Through truss (14,026)
Truss (31,214)
Whipple truss (334)
White County, Illinois (66)
Wooden deck (6,002)

Update Log 

  • June 18, 2019: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • June 14, 2019: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added truss type
  • June 14, 2019: New photos from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • October 7, 2018: Added by James Baughn

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Sources 

  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
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Possum Road Bridge
Posted June 14, 2019, by Melissa Brand-Welch (melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com)

Thanks Tony ! I'm thrilled you have finally identified the Mystery Whipple postcard I have. I've wanted a photo of this bridge for a long time. Apparently I've had it...