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Created on: 03/25/01
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General Dean Suspension Bridge

General William Dean Suspension Bridge
Built: 1859 - 1861
Location: Carlyle, Clinton County, Illinois, USA
Crosses: Kaskaskia River
General Dean Suspension Bridge, Carlyle, Illinois<br>(HABS, ILL,14-CARL,1-1)
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Structural Type:
Suspension bridge
gravity-anchored
Function / usage:
Motorway bridge / freeway bridge

Persons involved with this structure
Legend: Phase of works
RoleNamePart of structure 
  D. Griffith Smith

Technical information
DescriptionValue
Construction materials used
towers  stone
brick
Dimensions
  total length 80.52 m
Cost
  cost of construction US$ 45 000

Chronology
11 November 1953
Renamed "General Dean Suspension Bridge" in honor of General William F. Dean.
15 December 1975
Added to the "National Register of Historic Places"

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External LinkHABS: Suspension Bridge, Spanning Kaskaskia River, Carlyle, Clinton County, IL English

Relevant Literature
* Jackson, Donald C.   Great American Bridges and Dams, John Wiley & Sons, New York (USA) , ISBN 0471143855, 1984; pp. 196.

 
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