Vieley Bridge, Spanning North Fork Vermillion River at Township Road 220D, Saunemin, Livingston County, IL
Summary
Significance: The Vieley Bridge is one of two iron and steel bowstring arch truss bridges of the Phoenix Ring upper chord design remaining in Livingston County. The bridge possesses significance as an example of the early development of structural engineering in the United States.
Survey number: HAER IL-22
Building/structure dates: 1880 Initial Construction
Building/structure dates: 1906 Subsequent Work
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Tags
vehicular bridges
transportation engineering
civil engineering
people associated with politics and government
floods
steel arch bridges
bowstring trusses
pratt trusses
pony trusses
saunemin
vieley
bridge
vieley bridge
fork
vermillion
north fork vermillion river
township road
livingston
livingston county
illinois
historic american engineering record
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
vermillion river
library of congress
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Location
Saunemin
,
40.89309, -88.40533
Source
Library of Congress
Link
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