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Indian Creek Bridge

Lawrence County, Illinois

Photos 

Could not post photo of entire barricade due to ethnic slur spray painted on it.

Photo taken by Melissa Brand-Welch in November 2018

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BH Photo #437788

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Abandoned concrete pony/through girder bridge over Indian Creek on Old IL 1
Location
Lawrence County, Illinois
Status
Derelict/abandoned
History
Bypassed by current IL 1 bridge in 1957
Design
Concrete through girder (?)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.69286, -87.69408   (decimal degrees)
38°41'34" N, 87°41'39" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/439638/4282922 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Lawrenceville
Inventory number
BH 73193 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,927)
Built 1923 (641)
Built during 1920s (10,256)
Bypassed (185)
Concrete girder (1,074)
Girder (11,169)
 Have street view (28,893)
IL 1 (8)
Illinois (4,929)
Lawrence County, Illinois (38)
Skewed (5,012)
Through girder (4,189)

Update Log 

  • November 2, 2018: New photos from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • August 14, 2016: New Street View added by James Baughn

Sources 

  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
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Comments 

Indian Creek Bridge
Posted October 26, 2020, by Melissa Brand-Welch (melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com)

Satolli, thanks again for the video! Loved it!

Indian Creek Bridge
Posted October 26, 2020, by Satolli Glassmeyer (info [at] HistoryInYourOwnBackyard [dot] com)

Here's a video on the bridge I just posted a couple of days ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AHrH1ROedc&t=160s

Indian Creek Bridge
Posted November 2, 2018, by Melissa Brand-Welch (melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com)

My favorite of the day but it was creepy. I could see and hear vehicles on Route 1 but I had an almost overwhelming sense of Isolation.