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 10 b&w photos |  24 data pages |  2 photo caption pages |
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TITLE:
Braceville Bridge, Spanning Southern Pacific Railroad tracks at State, Braceville vicinity, Grundy County, IL
CALL NUMBER:
HAER ILL, 32-BRACE. V, 1-
REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]
MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 10 (4 x 5 in.)
Data Page(s): 23 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 2
DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.
CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
NOTE:
Survey number HAER IL-141
Significance: This bridge, incorporating a tied arch main span, was the first modern bridge in Illinois of this type of support the floor with hangers, without the use of diagnosis. It was built near the earliest alignment of U.S. Route 66 to relieve traffic congestion near Gardner. This early route through the area was an improvement of the original Chicago-Springfield Road.
SUBJECTS:
ILLINOIS--Grundy County--Braceville vicinity
OTHER TITLE:
Alton Railroad Overhead Bridge
COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)
REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA
DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.il0812
CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. DISTANT VIEW TO NORTH
2. MIDDLE DISTANCE VIEW TO NORTH
3. VIEW TO NORTH SHOWING UNDERSIDE OF DECK
4. VIEW TO NORTHEAST OF SOUTHWEST PORTAL AND APPROACH
5. VIEW TO NORTHEAST, OF ARCH UNDERSIDE FROM SOUTHWEST DECK
6. VIEW TO SOUTH OF DETAIL OF LOWER SEGMENT OF SOUTHEAST ARCH
7. PLAQUE ON NORTHWEST POST AT NORTHEAST END OF APPROACH
8. WESTERN PIER UNDER WEST APPROACH AND SOUTHEAST STRINGER WITH RAILING SUPPORTS
9. SOUTHEAST WALL OF SOUTHWEST ABUTMENT
10. SOUTHWEST ABUTMENT AND STRINGERS, FLOOR BEAMS, AND BEARINGS
CONTROL #:
IL0812
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