Airtight Bridge

Airtight Bridge

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nearest_city= Charleston, IL
lat_degrees = 39 | lat_minutes = 32 | lat_seconds = 56.75 | lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 88 | long_minutes = 5 | long_seconds = 35.75 | long_direction = W
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built =1914
architect= Claude L. James
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added = November 30, 1981
governing_body = Local
mpsub=Coles County Highway Bridges Over the Embarras River TR
refnum=81000211 cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service] Infobox_Bridge
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crosses=Embarras River
carries=Township road 275
locale=8 miles NE of Charleston, Illinois
design=Pratt through truss
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length=188 feet 4 inches
width=15 feet 7 inches
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open=1914
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id=3165
coordinates=coord|39|33|18|N|88|05|22|W|region:US_type:landmark
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clearance=13 feet 7 inches
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map_width=The Airtight Bridge is a steel bridge spanning the Embarras River in Coles County, Illinois, in the United States convert|8|mi|km north of Charleston, Illinois. The bridge was built in 1914 by the Decatur Bridge Company. The architect was Claude L. James. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1981 as survey number 81000211.

In 1980, a dismembered corpse was found on the east bank of the river thirty 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. The murder is now in the cold case file of the Illinois State Police.

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External links

* [http://www.preservationcoles.org/airtight.htm Airtight Bridge at the Association for the Preservation of Historic Coles County Illinois]
* [http://gis.hpa.state.il.us/hargis/PDFs/200284.pdf Background information]
* [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.geocities.com/colescountyghosts/airtightbridge.html Airtight Bridge Murder Mystery]


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