General Information
| Completion: | 1849 |
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| Status: | out of service |
Project Type
| Structure: |
Segmental arch bridge |
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| Function / usage: |
Road bridge |
| Material: |
Masonry bridge |
| Plan view: |
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Awards and Distinctions
| 1978 |
for registered users |
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Location
| Location: |
Waterloo, Monroe County, Illinois, USA |
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| Crosses: |
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| Coordinates: | 38° 19' 32.16" N 90° 11' 45.10" W |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| length | 12.81 m |
Materials
| arch |
masonry
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Excerpt from Wikipedia
Fountain Creek Bridge is a limestone arch bridge which crosses Fountain Creek near Waterloo in Monroe County, Illinois, USA. The bridge was constructed in 1849 and served as a road bridge until the 1920s, when Illinois Route 156 opened on a new bridge. During the nineteenth century, stone arch bridges were commonly built in regions with stone quarries, such as Monroe County; roughly 100 stone bridges were built in the county. The Fountain Creek Bridge is the largest remaining stone arch bridge in the county and the second-largest which was only used by road traffic in the state.
The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978.
Text imported from Wikipedia article "Fountain Creek Bridge" and modified on November 15, 2021 according to the CC-BY-SA 4.0 International license.
Participants
- Herman Gerlab (builder)
Relevant Web Sites
Relevant Publications
- (1984): Great American Bridges and Dams. A National Trust Guide. John Wiley & Sons, New York (USA), pp. 198.
- About this
data sheet - Structure-ID
20003591 - Published on:
16/06/2002 - Last updated on:
24/06/2022
