Fountain Creek Bridge

Fountain Creek Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Overview from north
Nearest city	Waterloo in Monroe County, Illinois, USA
Coordinates	38°19′32.69″N 90°11′44.76″W / 38.3257472°N 90.1957667°WCoordinates: 38°19′32.69″N 90°11′44.76″W / 38.3257472°N 90.1957667°W
Built	1849
Architect	Garleb,Herman
NRHP Reference #	78001176[1]
Added to NRHP	December 22, 1978

Fountain Creek Bridge is a limestone arch bridge which crosses Fountain Creek near Waterloo in Monroe County, Illinois, USA. The bridge was constructed in 1849 and served as a road bridge until the 1920s, when Illinois Route 156 opened on a new bridge. During the nineteenth century, stone arch bridges were commonly built in regions with stone quarries, such as Monroe County; roughly 100 stone bridges were built in the county. The Fountain Creek Bridge is the largest remaining stone arch bridge in the county and the second-largest which was only used by road traffic in the state.^[2]

The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 22, 1978.^[1]

References

1. Staff (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Sculle, Keith A. (July 26, 1978). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Fountain Creek Bridge" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved February 12, 2014.