Historic Bridges
of the United States
Fifteenth Street Bridge
Lawrence County
,
Illinois
Overview
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Photo
Postcard
South portal
Submitted by Robert Stephenson
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Overview
Lost three-span through truss bridge over Embarras River on IL 1 (Fifteenth Street) in Lawrenceville
Location
Lawrence County
,
Illinois
Status
Destroyed in traffic accident and replaced by new bridge
History
Built 1922; replaced 1971
Design
Parker through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.73267
,
-87.68652
(decimal degrees)
38°43'58" N, 87°41'11" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/440329/4287335
(zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 15437
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Categories
Built 1922
(402)
Built during 1920s
(6,121)
Collapsed
(41)
Embarras River (Illinois)
(12)
IL 1
(6)
Illinois
(1,406)
Lawrence County, Illinois
(18)
Lost
(7,555)
Lost 1971
(4)
Lost during 1970s
(78)
Owned by state
(7,729)
Parker through truss
(667)
Parker truss
(935)
Through truss
(7,274)
Truss
(20,636)
Update Log
February 7, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Corrected GPS
June 20, 2008: New photo from Robert Stephenson
Sources
Robert Stephenson
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seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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