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Pigeon Creek Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Lost through truss bridge over Pigeon Creek on TR 146, 0.5 mi. east of Cissna Pk
- Location
- Iroquois County, Illinois
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1904
- Builder
- - Massillon Bridge Co. of Massillon, Ohio
- Design
- Pin-connected, 6-panel Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 98.7 ft.
Total length: 100.7 ft.
Deck width: 15.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 14.4 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.56999, -87.88152 (decimal degrees)
40°34'12" N, 87°52'53" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/425382/4491397 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Cissna Park
- Inventory numbers
- IL 038-4137 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15323 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- December 20, 2020: Updated by Steve Conro: Info & GPS
- April 4, 2011: New photos from Jacob P. Bernard
Sources
- Tom Hall - thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com
- Jacob P. Bernard
- Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
Comments
Pigeon Creek Bridge
This bridge has been replaced.
Pigeon Creek Bridge
This is a another nice old bridge. It's in good shape and seems very solid with the exception of the concrete abutments which are starting to crumble a bit. This will likely limit it's life more than anything else.
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