The Stone Arch Bridge, located near the intersection East Springfield Avenue and South Second Street in

Champaign, Illinois Champaign ( ) is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 88,302 at the 2020 census. It is the tenth-most populous municipality in Illinois and the fourth most populous city in Illinois outside the Chicago metropo ...

was built in 1860. In c.2010, it was integrated into the design of the

Boneyard Creek Boneyard Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed May 19, 2011 waterway that drains much of the cities of Champaign and Urbana, Illinois. It is a tributary of the ...

Second Street Basin, a

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facility and recreational amenity which is located between First and Second Streets and Springfield and University Avenues."Boneyard Second Street Detention Project"
on the City of Champaign website The bridge was listed on the

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in 1981.

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Tour of Boneyard Creek Phase 2 Improvements
on Picasa, see in particular, photos 7 and 8
National Register nomination
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