Status: No longer exists
Location: 38.379444,-87.976781
Carries CR 1100N (Old IL 1) over Bonpas Creek
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pratt through truss
Total Length: 257.8 Feet
Span Length: 149.9 Feet
Overview: Lost through truss bridge over Bonpas Creek on CR 1100N (Old IL 1) near Browns
History: Built 1922; rehabilitated 1956, replaced 2007
Built: 1922
Location: Wabash County
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133882
West End
Photo courtesy of Greg Knott
133883
Browns Bridge
Photo courtesy of Greg Knott
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 38.444310,-87.892416
Carries TR 52 (CR 500 E) over Drainage Ditch
Design: truss/bedstead/warren
Design Details: Bedstead Warren pony truss
Total Length: 40.0 Feet
Span Length: 25.9 Feet
Overview: Lost bedstead pony truss bridge over a drainage ditch on TR 52 (CR 500 E)
History:
Built:
Location: Wabash County
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114629
Looking South
3/30/2008
Photo taken by Robert Stephenson
131968
Photo taken by Robert Stephenson
131969
Photo taken by Robert Stephenson
131971
Photo taken by Robert Stephenson
Status: No longer exists
Location: 38.446944,-87.910833
Carries FAS 811 over Fordyce Creek
Design: truss/pony
Design Details: Pony truss
Total Length: 61.0 Feet
Span Length: 60.0 Feet
Overview: Lost pony truss bridge over Fordyce Creek on FAS 811, 2 mi. south of Gards Point
History: Built ca. 1909; rehabilitated 1968, replaced 2004
Built: ca. 1909
Location: Wabash County
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Status: Demolished and replaced with a slab of concrete.
Location: 38.398614,-87.755719
Carries IL 15/IN 64 over Wabash River
Design: truss/through/parker
Design Details: (12)10-panel, riveted Parker through trusses
Total Length: 2725.3 Feet
Span Length: 225.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Parker through truss bridge over Wabash River on IL 15/IN 64 in Mount Carmel
History: Built 1932; rehabilitated 1987; Replaced 2011
Built: 1932
Location: Wabash County
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102635
Indiana end
Photos taken by Charles Sarjeant
102636
East portal
102637
Illinois end
102638
Driving across
140443
Photo taken by Robert Stephenson in May 2009
140444
Photo taken by Robert Stephenson in May 2009
140445
Photo taken by Robert Stephenson in May 2009
140446
Photo taken by Robert Stephenson in May 2009
146724
Photo taken by Robert Stephenson in September 2009
146725
Photo taken by Robert Stephenson in September 2009
146726
Photo taken by Robert Stephenson in September 2009
146727
Photo taken by Robert Stephenson in September 2009
146728
Photo taken by Robert Stephenson in September 2009
146729
Photo taken by Robert Stephenson in September 2009
177651
Photo taken by Todd Walker
438720
Mount Carmel Bridge
RPPC from my personal collection
Photo taken by Melissa Brand-Welch in November 2018
441050
Mount Carmel Bridge
Daily Republican-Register: January 9 2008
442436
Mount Carmel Bridge
Princeton Daily Clarion: June 23 1932
442449
Mount Carmel Bridge
Daily Republican-Register: January 30 1987
442452
Mount Carmel Bridge
Norm Cline: Daily Republican-Register: June 25 2009
486515
Wabash River Bridge, Illinois-Indiana Line, Mt. Carmel, Ill
Wabash Railroad (Now Norfolk Southern) Bridge seen behind it.
1947 Postcard view
Status: Replaced by new bridge
Location: 38.335000,-87.955000
Carries TR 197 over Bonpas Creek
Design: truss/pony
Design Details: Pony truss
Total Length: 122.1 Feet
Span Length: 60.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Pony truss bridge over Bonpas Creek on TR 197
History: Built 1908; replaced 1993
Built: 1908
Location: Wabash County
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Status: Open to traffic
Location: 38.400460,-87.753240
Carries Norfolk Southern Railway (formerly Wabash Railroad) over Wabash River
Design: truss/through/warren
Design Details: Warren through truss swing
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Warren through truss bridge over Wabash River on Norfolk Southern Railway (formerly Wabash Railroad) in Mount Carmel
History: still in use
Built:
Location: Wabash County
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140263
Photo taken by Robert Stephenson in July 2007
458617
NS - Wabash River Bridge
Photo taken by Douglas Butler in June 2013
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
Location: 38.452127,-87.764110
Carries Old Route 1 over Crawfish Creek
Design: beam/tee
Design Details: Concrete tee beam
Total Length: 53.2 Feet
Span Length: 51.8 Feet
Overview: Lost Concrete Bridge over Crawfish Creek on Old Route 1
History: Built 1923,replaced 2014
Built: 1923
Location: Wabash County
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Status: Open to traffic
Slated for demolition and replacement in 2014.
Location: 38.403174,-87.779125
Carries IL 1 over Greathouse Creek
Design: frame/concrete
Design Details: Concrete rigid frame
Total Length: 40.0 Feet
Span Length: 36.1 Feet
Overview: Concrete rigid frame bridge over Greathouse Creek on IL 1
History: Built 1935
Built: 1935
Location: Wabash County
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Status: Derelict/abandoned
Location: 38.361380,-87.854990
Carries over Coffee Creek
Design: unknown
Design Details:
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Abandoned bridge over Coffee Creek
History:
Built: 1908
Location: Wabash County
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437612
Photo taken by Melissa Brand-Welch in November 2018
437613
Photo taken by Melissa Brand-Welch in November 2018
437614
Photo taken by Melissa Brand-Welch in November 2018
437615
Photo taken by Melissa Brand-Welch in November 2018
437616
Photo taken by Melissa Brand-Welch in November 2018
437617
Photo taken by Melissa Brand-Welch in November 2018
437618
Photo taken by Melissa Brand-Welch in November 2018
437619
Photo taken by Melissa Brand-Welch in November 2018
437620
Photo taken by Melissa Brand-Welch in November 2018
437639
Photo taken by Melissa Brand-Welch in November 2018
437640
Photo taken by Melissa Brand-Welch in November 2018
437641
Photo taken by Melissa Brand-Welch in November 2018
437642
Barricade at the top of the bridge
Photo taken by Melissa Brand-Welch in November 2018
448848
Photo taken by Melissa Brand-Welch in May 2019
448849
Photo taken by Melissa Brand-Welch in May 2019
448850
Photo taken by Melissa Brand-Welch in May 2019
448851
Photo taken by Melissa Brand-Welch in May 2019
Status: Derelict/abandoned
Location: 38.536380,-87.705830
Carries over Unnamed creek
Design: arch/deck/closed
Design Details: Closed-spandrel arch
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Abandoned bridge over unnamed creek
History:
Built:
Location: Wabash County
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437649
Photo taken by Melissa Brand-Welch in November 2018
437650
Photo taken by Melissa Brand-Welch in November 2018
437651
Photo taken by Melissa Brand-Welch in November 2018
437652
Photo taken by Melissa Brand-Welch in November 2018
437653
Photo taken by Melissa Brand-Welch in November 2018
437654
Photo taken by Melissa Brand-Welch in November 2018
437655
Photo taken by Melissa Brand-Welch in November 2018
437656
Photo taken by Melissa Brand-Welch in November 2018
437657
Photo taken by Melissa Brand-Welch in November 2018
437658
Photo taken by Melissa Brand-Welch in November 2018
Status: No longer exists
Location: 39.393562,-87.396497
Carries over
Design: arch
Design Details: Arch
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Arch bridge
History:
Built:
Location: Wabash County
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440121
Daily Republican-Register, March 13 1979
Status: Replaced by new bridge
Location: 38.415406,-87.963093
Carries 1150N/N 1350 Blvd. over Bonpas Creek
Design: truss/through/pratt
Design Details: Pinned Pratt through truss
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Bonpas Creek on 1150N/N 1350 Blvd.
History: Replaced 1981
Built: ca. 1900
Location: Wabash County
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458402
Kitchen's Bridge
Daily Republican-Register: August 17 1966
Status: Open to traffic
Location: 38.566733,-87.929133
Carries County Road 00 N over Big Branch
Design: culvert/concrete
Design Details: Concrete culvert
Total Length: 0.0 Feet
Span Length: 0.0 Feet
Overview: Concrete culvert bridge over Big Branch on County Road 00 N
History:
Built:
Location: Wabash County
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462308
Big Branch Bridge
Photo taken by Jack Schmidt in June 2019
462309
Big Branch Bridge
Photo taken by Jack Schmidt in June 2019
462310
Big Branch Bridge
Photo taken by Jack Schmidt in June 2019
462311
Big Branch Bridge
Photo taken by Jack Schmidt in June 2019
Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S - Dismantled and/or in storage. L - Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.
