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Rockford Brick & Tile Company Trail Bridge
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Rockford Brick & Tile Company Trail Bridge
Overview
Photo taken by John Marvig in March 2014
BH Photo #280433
Facts
- Overview
- Half Through Girder bridge over Winnebago River on Unnamed Foot Trail
- Location
- Floyd County, Iowa
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- History
- Built 1910
- Railroads
- - Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (CRIP (1866-1920); RI (1920-1975) ROCK (1975-1980))
- Rail-to-trail
- Design
- 3 Spans of Half Through Girder
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 50.0 ft.
Total length: 150.0 ft.
- Also called
- RI - Rockford Brick & Tile Company Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +43.05000, -92.96794 (decimal degrees)
43°03'00" N, 92°58'05" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/502611/4766368 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Rockford
- Inventory number
- BH 60424 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 19, 2017: New photos from John Marvig
- August 11, 2015: Updated by John Marvig: added build date
- March 26, 2014: New photos from John Marvig
- March 25, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Added alt name
- March 25, 2014: Added by John Marvig
Sources
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Luke
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Bridge was built in 1910 by Rockford Brick & Tile Company at an expense of $20,000; according to the Brick and Clay Record, Volume 39