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*[http://www.preservationcoles.org/airtight.htm Airtight Bridge at the Association for the Preservation of Historic Coles County Illinois] |
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20031029155059/http://www.preservationcoles.org/airtight.htm Airtight Bridge at the Association for the Preservation of Historic Coles County Illinois] |
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*[http://trueillinoishaunts.com/a-2008/airtight-bridge/ Airtight Bridge at the Legends and Lore of Illinois] |
*[http://trueillinoishaunts.com/a-2008/airtight-bridge/ Airtight Bridge at the Legends and Lore of Illinois] |
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*[http://www.dennews.com/media/storage/paper309/news/2005/10/27/News/Real-Tragedy.At.Rumored.Haunted.Bridge-1036270.shtml?norewrite200701050825&sourcedomain=www.dennews.com Murder at the Airtight Bridge] |
*[http://www.dennews.com/media/storage/paper309/news/2005/10/27/News/Real-Tragedy.At.Rumored.Haunted.Bridge-1036270.shtml?norewrite200701050825&sourcedomain=www.dennews.com Murder at the Airtight Bridge]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} |
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*[http://www.geocities.com/colescountyghosts/airtightbridge.html Airtight Bridge Murder Mystery] ([https://www.webcitation.org/5kmDoaPZ1 Archived] 2009-10-24) |
*[http://www.geocities.com/colescountyghosts/airtightbridge.html Airtight Bridge Murder Mystery] ([https://www.webcitation.org/5kmDoaPZ1 Archived] 2009-10-24) |
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*[https://archive.org/details/AirtightBridge Jonathon Kirk's Experimental Radio Documentary focused on the murder at Airtight Bridge] |
*[https://archive.org/details/AirtightBridge Jonathon Kirk's Experimental Radio Documentary focused on the murder at Airtight Bridge] |
Revision as of 15:53, 14 January 2018
Airtight Bridge | |
Nearest city | Charleston, IL |
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Coordinates | 39°33′18″N 88°05′22″W / 39.55500°N 88.08944°W |
Built | 1914 |
Architect | Claude L. James |
MPS | Coles County Highway Bridges Over the Embarras River TR |
NRHP reference No. | 81000211 [1] |
Added to NRHP | November 30, 1981 |
Airtight Bridge | |
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Coordinates | 39°33′18″N 88°05′22″W / 39.55500°N 88.08944°W |
Carries | Township road 275 |
Crosses | Embarras River |
Locale | 8 miles NE of Charleston, Illinois |
ID number | 3165 |
Characteristics | |
Design | Pratt through truss |
Total length | 188 feet 4 inches |
Width | 15 feet 7 inches |
Clearance above | 13 feet 7 inches |
History | |
Opened | 1914 |
Location | |
The Airtight Bridge is a steel bridge spanning the Embarras River in Coles County, Illinois, in the United States 8 miles (13 km) north of Charleston, Illinois. The bridge is a Pratt through truss bridge with a steel structure, a wooden deck, and concrete piers. The bridge was built in 1914 by the Decatur Bridge Company and designed by engineer Claude L. James.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.[1] It reportedly got its name from the unnatural stillness encountered when crossing it.
In 1980, a dismembered corpse was found on the east bank of the river 30 yards downstream from the bridge, causing quite a stir in the local media. Police investigated for years, but were unable to determine the identity of the victim until 1992, when DNA testing produced a match to a missing person from Kankakee, Illinois. Once a cold case investigated by the Illinois State Police, the victim's husband was charged with the murder on March 2, 2017.[3]
Notes
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "Bridge Inventory Form: Airtight Bridge" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
- ^ Clark, Bonnie (December 5, 2008). "Airtight Bridge murder victim honored by daughter who barely knew her". Journal Gazette & Times-Courier. Retrieved December 18, 2013.
External links
- Airtight Bridge at the Association for the Preservation of Historic Coles County Illinois
- Airtight Bridge at the Legends and Lore of Illinois
- Murder at the Airtight Bridge[permanent dead link]
- Airtight Bridge Murder Mystery (Archived 2009-10-24)
- Jonathon Kirk's Experimental Radio Documentary focused on the murder at Airtight Bridge
- Bridges completed in 1914
- Road bridges in Illinois
- Bridges in Coles County, Illinois
- Road bridges on the National Register of Historic Places in Illinois
- National Register of Historic Places in Coles County, Illinois
- Steel bridges in the United States
- Pratt truss bridges in the United States
- Illinois bridge (structure) stubs
- Illinois Registered Historic Place stubs