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Old Route 66 Curran Road Bridge

Sangamon County, Illinois

Photos 

Photo taken by Steve Conro in August 2013

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BH Photo #265135

Map 

Street View 

Description 

This bridge is on the interesting "Auburn Brick Road" section of old Rt 66

Facts 

Overview
Concrete bridge over Panther Creek on Curran Road, 1 mi. north of Auburn
Location
Sangamon County, Illinois
Status
Reconstructed in 2002
History
Built ca. 1920; reconstructed 2002
Design
Other
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 51.8 ft.
Total length: 53.1 ft.
Deck width: 20.0 ft.
Recognition
Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Brick Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.61362, -89.75060   (decimal degrees)
39°36'49" N, 89°45'02" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/263874/4388490 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Virden North
Inventory numbers
IL 084-0091 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15646 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built during 1920s (10,328)
Have street view (29,908)
Illinois (4,954)
Lost 2002 (493)
Lost during 2000s (4,440)
NR-listed (3,016)
Open (41,206)
 Owned by state (16,656)
Sangamon County, Illinois (109)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,551)
Structurally deficient (12,757)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,726)
US 66 (303)

Update Log 

  • August 28, 2013: New photos from Steve Conro

Sources 

  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Comments 

Old Route 66 Curran Road Bridge
Posted January 31, 2020, by Dave (potiukd [at] gmail [dot] com)

Beautiful job! It's nice to see it wasn't replaced with a boring, utilitarian structure.