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| Keywords: New Old Bridge CU.JPG 81000210 Springfield Ave and 2nd St Champaign w Champaign County Illinois Underwent reconstruction and/or destruction over the last 2 years Very strange story according to my understanding Bridge was built in the 1870s but was more like a culvert or a pipe 10 feet long by 100 feet wide eventually turning the Boneyard Creek into an underground waterway at this point The bridge may have saved the old city of Urbana by connecting it to the newer railroad city of Champaign but was part of a really messed up Boneyard Creek Over the last 20 years Champaign-Urbana has cleaned up the Boneyard and put in flood-control parks etc including this site Scott Park just SW and the Engineering Quad This site recently finished is a very impressive flood control park but the bridge is only a remnant say 10 feet long by 10 feet wide Better check out this story since I'm only beginning to figure it out own Smallbones 2011-05-10 40 6 46 N 88 14 14 W region US-IL_type river Cc-zero 2011 in Illinois May 2011 in the United States Stone Arch Bridge Champaign Illinois | ||||
