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Bridges By County: Iroquois County, Illinois

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	Bridge Name	Facility Carried / Feature Intersected	Location	Structure Type	Construction Date / Builder or Contractor	Description
	Iroquois 100 Bridge	Iroquois 100 Over Fountain Creek	Rural: Iroquois County, Illinois	Metal Pinned Pratt Half-Hip Pony Truss, Stationary	1899 By: Massillon Bridge Company of Massillon, Ohio	This pony truss is in decent shape yet has been abandoned.
	Iroquois 1250 Bridge	Iroquois 1250 Over Spring Creek Tributary	Rural: Iroquois County, Illinois	Metal Pinned Pratt Bedstead Truss, Stationary	1885 By: Smith Bridge Company of Toledo, Ohio	This is a nationally significant bedstead truss bridge, which also features a rare example of a lightweight double-Warren pony truss!
	Iroquois 1300 Bridge #1	Iroquois 1300 Over Spring Creek Tributary	Rural: Iroquois County, Illinois	Metal Pinned Pratt Half-Hip Pony Truss, Stationary	1901 By: Unknown	This is one of the more unusual pony truss bridges in Iroquois County.
X	Iroquois 1300 Bridge #2	Iroquois 1300 Over Pigeon Creek	Rural (Near Cissna Park): Iroquois County, Illinois	Metal Pinned Pratt Through Truss, Stationary	1904 By: Unknown	A very photogenic, historically intact example of a traditional pin connected Pratt through truss.
	Iroquois 1400 Bridge	Iroquois 1400 Over Whiskey Creek	Rural: Iroquois County, Illinois	Metal Pinned Pratt Half-Hip Pony Truss, Stationary	1895 By: Massillon Bridge Company of Massillon, Ohio	A classic half-hip pony truss continues to the present day to fulfill its task of serving traffic in the middle of nowhere.
	Iroquois 1500 Bridge	Iroquois 1500 Over Whiskey Creek	Rural: Iroquois County, Illinois	Metal Riveted Pratt Full-Slope Pony Truss, Stationary	1929 By: Unknown	This unusual 1920s riveted pony truss has an enormous skew to it!
	Iroquois 1650 Bridge	Iroquois 1650 Over Whiskey Creek	Rural: Iroquois County, Illinois	Metal Pinned Pratt Half-Hip Pony Truss, Stationary	1896 By: Massillon Bridge Company of Massillon, Ohio	An excellent example of small-scale work by the Massillon Bridge Company of Massillon, Ohio.
	Iroquois 1700 Bridge	Iroquois 1700 Over Spring Creek	Rural: Iroquois County, Illinois	Metal Pinned Pratt Through Truss, Stationary	0 By: Unknown	This bridge was closed after someone hit the bridge sending an entire vertical member into the creek and severely damaging another vertical!
	Iroquois 1780 Bridge	Iroquois 1780 Over Local Drain	Rural: Iroquois County, Illinois	Metal Pinned Pratt Half-Hip Pony Truss, Stationary	1910 By: Unknown	This is one of the smallest Pratt truss bridges I have ever seen!
	Iroquois 1850 Bridge	Iroquois 1850 Over Pike Creek	Rural: Iroquois County, Illinois	Metal Riveted Pratt Through Truss, Stationary	1916 By: Unknown	One of the newer Iroquois County truss bridges, yet still picturesque.
	Iroquois 1900 Bridge #1	Iroquois 1900 Over Spring Creek	Rural: Iroquois County, Illinois	Metal Riveted Pratt Through Truss, Stationary	1916 By: Unknown	This riveted Pratt through truss sits scenically nestled partly in a small wooded area.
	Iroquois 1900 Bridge #2	Iroquois 1900 Over Fountain Creek	Rural: Iroquois County, Illinois	Metal Pinned Pratt Through Truss, Stationary	1903 By: Unknown	This is one of several remaining beautiful pin connected through truss bridges in Iroquois County.
	Iroquois 200 Bridge	Iroquois 200 Over Louis Creek	Rural: Iroquois County, Illinois	Metal Pinned Pratt Half-Hip Pony Truss, Stationary	1907 By: Unknown	This is a small Pratt pony truss that recently received a new deck.
	Iroquois 2100 Bridge	Iroquois 2100 Over Sugar Creek	Rural (Near Woodland): Iroquois County, Illinois	Metal Pinned Pratt Through Truss, Stationary	1911 By: Unknown	This is the largest remaining truss bridge in Iroquois County, and it is an impressive Pratt through truss.
X	Iroquois 2470 Bridge	Iroquois 2470 Over Sugar Creek	Rural: Iroquois County, Illinois	Metal Pinned Pratt Through Truss, Stationary	1907 By: Unknown	This truss bridge was buried in the trees unlike other Iroquois County truss bridges.
	Iroquois 2800 Bridge	Iroquois 2800 Over Prairie Creek	Rural: Iroquois County, Illinois	Metal Pinned Pratt Bedstead Truss, Stationary	1904 By: Unknown	This extremely unusual bridge appears to be a bedstead that had its legs removed.
	Iroquois 3000 Bridge	Iroquois 3000 Over Sugar Creek	Rural: Iroquois County, Illinois	Metal Pinned Pratt Through Truss, Stationary	0 By: Unknown	This is a highly unusual truss bridge, featuring attractive v-lacing on both sides of its top chord and end posts.
	Iroquois 750 Bridge	Iroquois 750 Over Little Mud Creek Tributary	Rural: Iroquois County, Illinois	Metal Pinned Pratt Half-Hip Pony Truss, Stationary	1908 By: Unknown	One of the pins on this bridge lost its bolt, and now the pin has partly slipped out, and barely continues to hold the diagonal!
	Sugar Creek Chapel Bridge CR-9 Bridge	CR-9 Over Spring Creek Branch	Rural: Iroquois County, Illinois	Metal Through Arch, Stationary	1904 By: Lane Bridge and Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois	One of the most unusual bridges in the United States, while at the same time is one of the most visually appealing; built from 1890s roof trusses!

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