Fountain Creek Bridge
Fountain Creek Bridge | |
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| Nearest city | Waterloo in Monroe County, Illinois, USA |
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| Coordinates | 38°19′32.69″N 90°11′44.76″W / 38.3257472°N 90.1957667°W |
| Built | 1849 |
| Architect | Garleb, Herman |
| NRHP reference No. | 78001176[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 22, 1978 |
Fountain Creek Bridge is a limestone arch bridge which crosses Fountain Creek near Waterloo in Monroe County, Illinois, USA. The bridge was constructed in 1849 and served as a road bridge until the 1920s, when Illinois Route 156 opened on a new bridge. During the nineteenth century, stone arch bridges were commonly built in regions with stone quarries, such as Monroe County; roughly 100 stone bridges were built in the county. The Fountain Creek Bridge is the largest remaining stone arch bridge in the county and the second-largest which was only used by road traffic in the state.[2]
The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978.[1]
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ Sculle, Keith A. (July 26, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Fountain Creek Bridge" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 23, 2014. Retrieved February 12, 2014.