LAST - Stone Arched Bridge on the National Road - Marshall, IL
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YoSam.
N 39° 23.166 W 087° 42.540
16S E 438941 N 4359863
The National Road, the US-40, now called Archer Ave.
Waymark Code: WMVYZT
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 06/13/2017
Views: 3
County of bridge: Clark County
Location of bridge: Old US-40 (Archer Ave.), also The National Road, W. end of Marshal
Bridge built: 1828-1837
Bridge built by: Army Corps of Engineers
"This bridge was completed by Army Engineers sometime between 1834 and 1837 as a part of the Old National Road. The Road, between Cumberland, Maryland and Vandalia, Illinois, was authorized by the Enabling Act of 1803 and was the nation's first Federally financed highway. The bridge is a prime example of the stone-building art and early American Engineering. Stones were precisely cut and fitted together without bond or mortar. Many stone arch bridges were built along the Cumberland Road, but this was the only one still in use at the time of the marker dedication." ~ Erected by the Clark County Historical Society and the Illinois State Historical Society, 1976