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Tartar's Ferry Bridge

Coordinates: 40°28′23″N 90°17′34″W / 40.47306°N 90.29278°W / 40.47306; -90.29278
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Tarter's Ferry Bridge
2012 view of the abandoned bridge, facing west
Tartar's Ferry Bridge is located in Illinois
Tartar's Ferry Bridge
Tartar's Ferry Bridge is located in the United States
Tartar's Ferry Bridge
LocationFulton County, Illinois
Nearest citySmithfield
Coordinates40°28′23″N 90°17′34″W / 40.47306°N 90.29278°W / 40.47306; -90.29278
Arealess than one acre
Builtca. 1880
Architectural stylePin connected Parker through truss
MPSMPL011 - Metal Highway Bridges of Fulton County Thematic Resources
NRHP reference No.80001363[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 29, 1980[1]

Tarter's Ferry Bridge was one of nine metal highway bridges in Fulton County, Illinois listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This particular one was a 9-panel Parker through truss that carried Tarter Ferry Road over the Spoon River near Smithfield, Illinois.[2] 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] The bridge was one of three in Smithfield listed on the Register, the others are the Bernadotte Bridge and the destroyed Buckeye Bridge, as well as the demolished Elrod Bridge. Others, such as the Duncan Mills Bridge in Lewistown, are located throughout the county.

The bridge was washed off its substructure during a flood in the spring of 2013. It had been abandoned for many years.

This bridge has a page on bridgehunter.com.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Manuell, Anne E. (August 8, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Metal Highway Bridges of Fulton County" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved October 17, 2015.