Seville Bridge

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Seville Bridge
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LocationSpans Spoon River in Seville, Seville, Illinois
Coordinates 40°29′9.4″N90°20′35.2″W / 40.485944°N 90.343111°W / 40.485944; -90.343111 Coordinates: 40°29′9.4″N90°20′35.2″W / 40.485944°N 90.343111°W / 40.485944; -90.343111
Arealess than one acre
Builtc. 1880
Architectural styleParker truss
MPS MPL011 - Metal Highway Bridges of Fulton County Thematic Resources
NRHP reference No. 80001359 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 29, 1980 [1]

The Seville Bridge is one of nine metal highway bridges in Fulton County, Illinois that were listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This particular one is located across the Spoon River in Seville. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 29, 1980, along with the eight other bridges, as one of the "Metal Highway Bridges of Fulton County. [1] Some of the other bridges include the Buckeye Bridge, Tartar's Ferry Bridge and the Bernadotte Bridge, all in Smithfield. Five of the nine bridges have been demolished, though Seville Bridge still stands. [2]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. HAARGIS Database, Fulton County Register sites search, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved 2 February 2007.

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