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Downer Place West Channel Bridge

Downer Place West Channel Bridge

Primary Photographer(s): Nathan Holth

Bridge Documented: June 26, 2011 and May 14, 2012

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Facility Carried / Feature Intersected
Downer Place Over Fox River West Channel
Location
Aurora: Kane County, Illinois: United States
Construction Date and Builder / Engineer
1924 By Builder/Contractor: Unknown
Rehabilitation Date
Not Available or Not Applicable
Main Span Length
57.0 Feet (17.4 Meters)
Structure Length
170.0 Feet (51.8 Meters)
Roadway Width
24 Feet (7.32 Meters)
Spans
3 Main Span(s)
Inventory Number
45600627996

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About This Bridge

This bridge is composed of three spans, but if viewed from Galena Boulevard, the bridge looks like a two-span bridge because an adjacent building sits right next to one of the spans. The two Downer Place bridges suffer from severe spalling of the exterior concrete. It is hoped that they will be rehabilitated with attention paid to maintaining and restoring the original architectural details of the bridges.

About Aurora's Historic Bridges

Aurora is a unique city in that a significant portion of its main downtown area is located on an island (called Stolp Island) and this island is connected by four roads which connect to this island from each side of the river. From north to south these are New York Street, Galena Boulevard, Downer Place, and Benton Street. This results in a total of eight bridges, although New York Street is technically a single bridge whose center portion was buried when the island was expanded northward in the 1960s. Amazingly, as of 2011, all bridges connecting to Stolp Island were historic concrete arch bridges, an impressive quantity of bridges to stand as a group of historic bridges that are undisturbed by any demolition and replacement projects. Each road has its own unique style of bridge, for a total of four different general bridge designs. All bridges contribute to a National Register of Historic Places Historic District. The physical condition and historic integrity of each of the bridges varies, however despite any alterations this is a very unique and highly significant group of bridges that makes Aurora an excellent one-stop destination to get a good sampling of concrete arch bridges. Even better, a few additional arch bridges are located a short distance south of Stolp Island at Hurds Island Park.

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