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Brickville Road - Kishwaukee River Bridge (1906)

De Kalb County, Illinois

Photos 

Brickville Road - Kishwaukee River Bridge - Oldest

The Daily Chronicle: April 11 1962

BH Photo #448322

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Through truss bridge over Kishwaukee River on Brickville Road
Location
Sycamore, De Kalb County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1906
Builder
- Massillon Bridge Co. of Massillon, Ohio (Likely Fabricator)
Design
Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.99936, -88.68935   (decimal degrees)
41°59'58" N, 88°41'22" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/360088/4651085 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 85203 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1906 (637)
Built during 1900s (7,380)
De Kalb County, Illinois (65)
Illinois (4,767)
Lost (25,729)
Lost 1962 (69)
Lost during 1960s (793)
Massillon Bridge Co. (144)
 Owned by county (21,029)
Pratt through truss (5,523)
Pratt truss (9,487)
Replaced by new bridge (17,371)
Sycamore, Illinois (2)
Through truss (15,448)
Truss (33,402)

Update Log 

  • May 24, 2019: Updated by Tony Dillon: Added truss type
  • May 23, 2019: Added by Melissa Brand-Welch

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Sources 

  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
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Brickville Road - Kishwaukee River Bridge - Oldest
Posted May 24, 2019, by Melissa Brand-Welch (melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com)

Thanks Tony!