Fountain_Creek_Bridge

Fountain Creek Bridge

Fountain Creek Bridge

Historic place in Illinois, United States

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]

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The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978.[1]

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  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. [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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