Hazen Bridge

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Hazen Bridge

Carries	Pedestrian and bicycle; formerly a single vehicle roadway Newcomb Township road 85
Crosses	Sangamon River
Locale	Mahomet, Illinois
Maintained by	Newcomb Township
ID number	010-3103
Design	16 spans, main span is a Pratt through truss span
Longest span	120 feet (channel span)
Width	13 feet 7 inches
Vertical clearance	14 feet
Opening date	1893
Coordinates	40°15′10″N, 88°23′0″W

The Hazen Bridge, also known as the Newcomb Bridge, is a steel bridge spanning the Sangamon River north of Mahomet in Champaign County, Illinois, in the United States. It was constructed at a location known as White's ford, a popular crossing location of that era because of its proximity to Mahomet and Shiloh Church. The bridge was built in 1893 by Seevers Manufacturing Company of Oskaloosa, Iowa for the bid of $4,985. The name is derived from the Hazen family which owned property adjacent to the crossing. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994 as structure #94000433. It was bypassed and replaced in the mid-nineties by a new structure and is used for pedestrian or other recreational purposes.