Fountain Creek Bridge
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Fountain Creek Bridge is located in Illinois
Fountain Creek Bridge
Fountain Creek Bridge is located in the United States
Fountain Creek Bridge
Nearest cityWaterloo in Monroe County, Illinois, USA
Coordinates38°19′32.69″N 90°11′44.76″W / 38.3257472°N 90.1957667°W / 38.3257472; -90.1957667
Built1849
ArchitectGarleb, Herman
NRHP reference No.78001176[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 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

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ 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.


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