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Possum Road Bridge
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Possum Road Bridge
Postcard from my personal collection
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BH Photo #449753
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)
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
Sources
- Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
- Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [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...