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1st Avenue Bridge

Whiteside County, Illinois

Photos 

© Illinois Department of Transportation

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BH Photo #324660

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Rock River on 1st Avenue
Location
Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Replaced 1923
Builder
- Wrought Iron Bridge Co. of Canton, Ohio
Design
Whipple through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.78482, -89.69276   (decimal degrees)
41°47'05" N, 89°41'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/276233/4629391 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Sterling
Inventory number
BH 67602 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,393)
Built during 1880s (1,952)
Illinois (4,597)
Lost (24,086)
Lost 1923 (37)
Lost during 1920s (449)
Owned by city (5,256)
Replaced by new bridge (16,074)
 Rock Falls, Illinois (5)
Sterling, Illinois (9)
Through truss (14,844)
Truss (32,431)
Whipple truss (376)
Whiteside County, Illinois (49)
Wrought Iron Bridge Co. (366)

Update Log 

  • November 25, 2018: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • February 26, 2017: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
  • January 19, 2017: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
  • May 16, 2015: Updated by Tony Dillon: Changed truss type
  • May 16, 2015: Added by Luke

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1st Avenue Bridge
Posted January 20, 2017, by Robert Elder (robertelder1 [at] gmail [dot] com)

The ca. 1910 postcard reveals that an endcap and finial had already gone missing. I like the fact that the postcard was intellectually honest about this.