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Peoria Avenue Bridge

Lee County, Illinois

Photo 

Peoria Avenue Bridge

Dixon Evening Telegraph: October 3 1939

BH Photo #440737

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Concrete tee beam bridge over Rock River on Peoria Avenue
Location
Dixon, Lee County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1928; rehabilitated 1976; Replaced 2005
Design
Concrete tee beam
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 68.9 ft.
Total length: 621.1 ft.
Deck width: 47.9 ft.
Also called
Dixon Memorial Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.84601, -89.48589   (decimal degrees)
41°50'46" N, 89°29'09" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/293622/4635667 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Dixon East
Inventory numbers
IL 052-6100 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 71988 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (15,708)
Built 1928 (1,174)
Built during 1920s (9,923)
Concrete tee beam (3,167)
Dixon, Illinois (19)
Illinois (4,647)
Lee County, Illinois (45)
Lost (24,714)
 Lost 2005 (426)
Lost during 2000s (4,184)
Owned by city (5,397)
Replaced by new bridge (16,567)
Rock River (Wisconsin-Illinois) (84)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,073)
Structurally deficient (14,210)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,871)

Update Log 

  • January 3, 2019: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch

Sources 

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

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