Tartar's Ferry Bridge
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| Tartar's Ferry Bridge | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location: | Fulton County, Illinois, USA |
| Nearest city: | Smithfield |
| Coordinates: | Coordinates: |
| Built/Founded: | ca. 1880 |
| Added to NRHP: | October 29, 1980[1] |
| NRHP Reference#: | 80001363 |
| MPS: | MPL011 - Metal Highway Bridges of Fulton County Thematic Resources |
Tartar'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 over the Spoon River near Smithfield, Illinois. 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.
Tartar's Ferry Bridge is one of four still remaining intact of the nine original Metal Highway Bridges of Fulton County.[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b NRIS Database, National Register of Historic Places, retrieved January 28, 2007.
- ^ HAARGIS Database, Fulton County Register sites search, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved 2 February 2007.
