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Old Postcard Photos Submitted by David Backlin |
Facts
- Overview
- Howe through truss bridge over Spoon river on county road 17
- Location
- Knox County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1874. Destroyed by fire in 1994, rebuilt in 1999.
- Design
- Howe through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 106 ft.
Total length: 234 ft.
Deck width: 11 ft.
- Recognition
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.85633, -90.10983 (decimal degrees)
40°51'23" N, 90°06'35" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/743609/4526829 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 37248 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- February 11, 2009: New photo from David Backlin
- January 6, 2009: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Overview, Length, Width and GPS
- January 5, 2009: New photos from Sean Flynn
- August 19, 2008: Added by Kim Harvey
Sources
- Kim Harvey - ayrlieofremora [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Pelican Bay
- wolf covered bridge
- Sean Flynn - seanagainflynn [at] mchsi [dot] com
- Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net