Old Pearl Street Bridge

Photos 

Photo taken by Steve Conro in February 2014

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BH Photo #274283

Map 

Street View 

• View #1

Description 

Facts 

Overview

Through truss bridge over a branch of Fox River on Pedestrian path

Location

Prairie Grove, McHenry County, Illinois

Status

Open to pedestrians only

History

Built 1881 over Fox River on Pearl Street in McHenry IL, relocated to Terra Cotta Industries Nov. 1976, two of three original sections in storage

Builder

- Milwaukee Bridge & Iron Works of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Design

Pratt through truss

Approximate latitude, longitude

+42.27374, -88.28747   (decimal degrees)
42°16'25" N, 88°17'15" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/393831/4680972 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

McHenry

Inventory number

BH 53547 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• January 5, 2019: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
• November 22, 2018: New photos from Melissa Brand-Welch
• May 16, 2014: New Street View added by Tony Dillon
• February 13, 2014: New photos from Steve Conro
• September 15, 2012: Added by Frank Hicks

Sources 

• Frank Hicks
• Chicago Tribune - Rescued Bridge Still Has Future To Span, Thanks To Private Firm
• Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
• Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
• The Building of the Iron Pearl Street Bridge – MPLD Local History Blog - The first “formal” bridge in McHenry that spanned the Fox River was located at Pearl Street, just east of Riverside Drive (known as Water Street in the 1880s). Bridges or ferries had been at this location before McHenry was even settled in the 18
• Pearl Street Bridge - Article mentions this bridge

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