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Romeo Road, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship Canal, Romeoville, Will County, IL

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Romeo Road, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship Canal, Romeoville, Will County, IL

Romeo Road, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship Canal, Romeoville, Will County, IL

description

Summary

Significance: Of the original fifteen bridges built across the Sanitary and Ship Canal, only seven survive; the Romeo Road Bridge is the oldest of the highway swing spans constructed by the Sanitary District of Chicago.

Survey number: HAER IL-41

Building/structure dates: 1899 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1920 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1962 Subsequent Work

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date_range

Date

1969 - 1980
person

Contributors

Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Elgin Iron Works
Strobel, Charles Lewis
Wegman-French, Lysa, transmitter
place

Location

Romeoville (Ill.) ,  41.64753, -88.08951
create

Source

Library of Congress
link

Link

http://www.loc.gov/
copyright

Copyright info

No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html

label_outline Explore Romeoville Ill, Romeo Road, Elgin Iron Works

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vehicular bridges romeoville ill romeo romeo road sanitary ship bridge ship canal bridge ship canal romeoville illinois elgin iron works historic american engineering record charles lewis strobel lysa wegman french photo building plans library of congress architectural diagrams