Jasper County Democrat, Volume 16, Number 94, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1914 — NEW BRIDGE OVER KANKAKEE. [ARTICLE]

NEW BRIDGE OVER KANKAKEE.

Lake and Newton Counties To Build Two New Structures, One at Water Valley. The commissioners of Lake and Newton counties held a special session at Shelby a few days ago and approved the plans and specifications for two new iron bridges to be erected over the Kankakee river, one at Water Valley and the other between Lake Village and Schneider. The two bridges will cost about $43,of which Newton county will ]>ay only about 17 per cent. The Water Valley bridge is to be about 600 feet long, the same as the old one, but the bridge north of Lake Village will be 252 feet long, 62 feet longer than the present structure. It will also be two feet higher than the present structure and consist of two spans each 126 feet in length. The pier in the center of the stream will be composed of hollow steel tubes four feet in diameter, resting on deep driven piling and filled with concrete. When the piling of the old bridige is removed it will increase the present channel capacity nearly one-third, it is said. The contract for both bridges will be let at Crown Point April 9.