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Key Facts |
Bridge Name | Type | Road | Location | City | Crossing |
| Iroquois 1900 Bridge #2 |
Truss |
Iroquois 1900 |
Iroquois County, IL |
Rural |
Fountain Creek |
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Technical Facts |
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Construction Date |
Structure Length | Roadway Width |
| 1903 | 102 Feet | 15.75 Feet |
This bridge is a six panel pin connected Pratt through truss bridge. It features v-lacing on the verticals and under the top chord and end posts, as well as on the sway bracing. The portal bracing is a lattice design. The deck is wooden and the railings are channel railings.
Someone painted "Shoot" on the south side left end post on the bridge and an upward pointing arrow on the bridge. It was probably vandals having target practice on the plaque that is long gone off of this bridge. Evidence of people shooting plaques is evident on bridges like the Bostick Road Bridge. Vandalism toward historic bridges is intolerable and if anyone on the Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere team witnesses or discovers information on someone who vandalizes historic bridges, we will report them to the authorities for prosecution. I encourage all other historic bridge enthusiasts to do the same. If the local kids want to have target practice, there are many other things that they could be shooting at.
