1891 Lyons-Fulton: (Bridge Hunter; IowaDOT)
1975 Mark B. Morris: (Bridge Hunter; John A. Weeks III; Satellite)This was the original route of the Lincoln Highway. It is now IA-136/IL-136. I presume the rerouting of US-30 is why both states managed to pick the same state highway number.
The original bridge strikes me as rather spindly looking for lasting all the way to 1975.
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| Photo provided by Hank Zaletel via Bridge Hunter License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) |
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| Vintage Photograph via Bridge Hunter K. A. Erickson commented: The vintage photograph (#1) with the bridge title across the top right comes from a postcard that was given out at Conoco stations, possibly nearby. The back reads on the bottom: P.S. We are seeing all the sights traveling with a Conoco TOURAIDE. It's wonderful! Your Mileage Merchant at his Conoco Station will tell you how to get one. I know this to be true as I have in my possession now said postcard. Nation Holth, the Historic Bridges guy, commented: The K-truss deck truss approach spans on this bridge seen in the photo on this page are not original. This link has a photo showing original Baltimore deck truss spans. http://iagenweb.org/clinton/history/1bridge.htm [Unfortunately, the link is now broke. And I could not find a search option on their home page.] The K-Truss truss configuration was invented by Phelps Johnson, president of the Dominion Bridge Company of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, as part of the design effort for the second (existing) Quebec Bridge. Phelps was born in 1849 in the United States and worked for the Wrought Iron Bridge Company for a time. For this reason, one would not expect to find a pre-1914 K-truss. |
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| John Weeks |
This is the photo that motivated my research of this bridge.
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| safe_image for Old railroad corridors near Chicago transformed into all-weather trails for hiking, cycling and cross-country skiing It looks like that bridge may be at Fulton, IL. It is good to know that Illinois has not yet torn down all of its cantilever truss bridges. |
On a satellite image, I marked the location of the 1891 bridge.
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| Satellite plus Paint |
On a comparable excerpt from a 1939 aerial, I marked the location of the 1975 bridge. Note that CB&Q used to have a big yard. Today a grain elevator occupies the engine servicing facility.
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| 1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP plus Paint |
I zoom in on the satellite image to record that Illinois is evidently doing some maintenance on its truss bridges.
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| Satellite |
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| Dewayne Bohannon posted M/V Randy Anderson That is this bridge in the middle and L&D #13 in the background. |
A.J. Bertin posted two photos with the comment: "From June 2020, here's a couple photos I took of the Morris Bridge, which carries IA/IL 136 over the Mississippi River around Clinton IA and Fulton IL."
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