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There are nine authentic covered bridges in the U.S. state of Illinois. Five of them are historic. [1] A covered bridge is considered authentic not due to its age, but by its construction. An authentic bridge is constructed using trusses rather than other methods such as stringers, a popular choice for non-authentic covered bridges.
Wooden-trussed bridge Sylvan Road Bridge: 1915 1978-06-23 Glencoe: Cook: Frank Lloyd Wright's only bridge Tartar's Ferry Bridge: ca. 1880: 1980-10-29 Smithfield: Fulton: Parker Third Street Bridge (Delavan, Illinois) 1907 1999-05-20 Delavan
The inland and intercoastal waterways, with the Upper Mississippi highlighted in red. This is a list of all current and notable former bridges or other crossings of the Upper Mississippi River which begins at the Mississippi River's source and extends to its confluence with the Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois.
Pages in category "Wooden bridges in Illinois" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Another relatively undisturbed section is in the wooded area just north of Cuba Road and east of Rand Road. A beautiful section of canopy trees over the old rail bed was found there in 2007. Farther north in Lake Zurich along the east side of Old Rand Road and just south of Kitts the raised bed is clearly seen from Old Rand Road during the winter.
Holzbrücke Rapperswil-Hurden is a wooden pedestrian bridge between the city of Rapperswil and the village of Hurden crossing the Obersee (the upper part of Lake Zurich) in Switzerland. On 6 April 2001, the footbridge was opened. With a length of 841 metres (2,759 ft) it is the longest wooden bridge in Switzerland. The wooden bridge has many ...
Construction was completed by 2006, and on October 20, 2006, Illinois 22 was rerouted from Main Street onto the four lane $27 million bypass around Lake Zurich. [32] Several homes and business were removed for the new roadway, [ 33 ] which now featured a grade separation at the Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway. [ 3 ]
Mary's River Covered Bridge is a covered bridge which crosses Marys River 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Chester, Illinois. The Burr truss bridge is 86 feet (26 m) long and 17 feet 8 inches (5.38 m) wide. The bridge was built in 1854 as part of a plank toll road connecting Chester to Bremen; the bridge allowed agricultural products to be ...