Butzow Bridge, Crescent City, Iroquois County, IL
Summary
Significance: This two-span bridge, located at a historic crossing on Spring Creek, includes a 119' Through Pratt truss, the oldest known through truss in Illinois, an early example built by the Smith Bridge Company, one of two known spans in the state to have been built by this prolific Toledo, Ohio, builder. Pin-connected Pratts were a common late 19th and early 20th century metal truss design which is vanishing from the American landscape.
Survey number: HAER IL-124
Building/structure dates: 1883 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Smith Bridge Company
Wegman-French, Lysa, transmitter
Location
Crescent City, 40.77004, -87.85892
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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