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Red, Bureau County

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Inventory Number: IL/13-06-01
County: Bureau County
Township:
Town/Village: Dover
Bridge Name: Red
Crosses: Big Bureau Creek
Truss type: Howe
Spans: 1
Length: 95'
Roadway Width:
Built: 1863
Builder:
When Lost: standing
Cause:
Latitude: N41 24.984
Longitude: W089 28.707
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Topographic map of the area
Directions: 0.8 miles north of jct I-80 (exit 56) on IL26 (N. Main St.), then 0.5 miles left on old Dixon-Princeton Rd. (County Rd. 1990E - turns into County Rd. 1950E). North of Princeton.

Red Bridge, Dover, Bureau County, IL Built 1863
A.G. Kistler Photo, September 19, 1940

Red Bridge, Dover, Bureau County, IL Built 1863
Trish Kane/Richard Donovan Collection

Red Bridge, Dover, Bureau County, IL Built 1863
Doug Wantz Photo (July 2005)

Red Bridge, Dover, Bureau County, IL Built 1863
Bill & Jenn Caswell Photo, September 15, 2021

Red Bridge, Dover, Bureau County, IL Built 1863
Bill & Jenn Caswell Photo, September 14, 2024

Comments:
In 1964, the Illinois State Legislature determined that the state highway department would become responsible for maintenance of nine of the state's covered bridges, including this one. In 1967, a dump truck damaged a number of roof braces and three horizontal tension rods. The Highway Department obtained 60-year old white pine from Sinissippi Forest at Oregon, Illinois, had it sawed and replaced the damaged beams. The bridge was reopened in three days. 10-panel truss.

Sources:
Eaton, Thelma. The Covered Bridges of Illinois, 1968, page 179
National Society For the Preservation of Covered Bridges. Covered Bridge Topics, Volume XXV, No. 3, October 1967, pages 4 & 5
National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges. World Guide to Covered Bridges, 2021, page 11

Compilation 2026 Covered Spans of Yesteryear

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