Built 1890 Removed from NRHP December 8, 1995 Body of water Spoon River Nearest city Smithfield | NRHP Reference # 80001362 Opened 1890 Added to NRHP 29 October 1980 | |
MPS Metal Highway Bridges of Fulton County Thematic Resources | ||
Elrod Bridge was one of nine metal highway bridges in Fulton County, Illinois once listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It was listed from 1980 until 1995.
Elrod was one of the six bridges that have been demolished out of nine similar bridges in the county. This particular one was over the Spoon River near Smithfield, Illinois, on Township Road 248 in Bernadotte Township. 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". The bridge was one of four near Smithfield listed on the Register, the others are the Buckeye Bridge, the Bernadotte Bridge and the Tartar's Ferry Bridge. Others, such as the Babylon Bend Bridge in Ellisville, are located throughout the county.
The Elrod Bridge was removed from the Register in 1995 after its destruction by an F-4 tornado.