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Old Pearl Street Bridge

McHenry County, Illinois

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Photo taken by Steve Conro in February 2014

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BH Photo #274283

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Description 

"The Pearl Street bridge is one of the oldest and largest iron truss bridges in the state. It was created by the now-defunct Milwaukee Bridge and Ironworks Co., a major bridge builder in the Midwest at the time." (Chicago Tribune, July 7, 1997 article by Maryan Koehler)

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)

Categories 

19th Century (6,493)
Built 1881 (112)
Built during 1880s (1,721)
Have street view (24,263)
Illinois (4,106)
McHenry County, Illinois (26)
Milwaukee Bridge & Iron Works (27)
Open to pedestrians (3,691)
 Owned privately (1,417)
Prairie Grove, Illinois (2)
Pratt through truss (4,736)
Pratt truss (8,255)
Relocated (699)
Through truss (13,293)
Truss (30,072)
Wrought Iron (375)

Update Log 

  • 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

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