Deer Creek Bridge, Spanning Deer Creek at Township Road 406, Geff, Wayne County, IL
Summary
Significance: The Deer Creek bridge, a half-hip pony truss with verticals, 45'-0" long and built in 1910, is one of the earliest known Warren truss bridges in Illinois. It is the only truss bridge in the state known to have field connections made with carriage bolts.
Survey number: HAER IL-126
Building/structure dates: 1910 Initial Construction
Tags
Date
1969 - 1980
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
Chesron, Lesley W
Wegman-French, Lysa, transmitter
Location
geff, 38.44256, -88.40363
Source
Library of Congress
Copyright info
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