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Hennepin Canal Lock 17 Roller Bridge
Photos
Hennepin Canal Lock 17 Roller Bridge
Gene Smania, August 2011
License: Released into public domain
BH Photo #224225
Facts
- Overview
- Steel stringer bridge over Hennepin Canal @ Lock 17 off of County Road 1550 East on Field Access Road
- Location
- Bureau County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- Design
- Steel stringers on rollers and tracks which allow it to be extended across the canal for access to the farm fields on the other side
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.34321, -89.55730 (decimal degrees)
41°20'36" N, 89°33'26" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/286037/4580012 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Wyanet
- Inventory number
- BH 51148 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 20, 2013: New photos from Steve Conro
- March 3, 2013: New photos from Gene Smania
- February 1, 2012: Added by Gene Smania
Sources
- Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
Comments
Hennepin Canal Lock 17 Roller Bridge
I believe this bridge is a reproduction of a type of original roller bridge at Lock 2. There is an original steel truss bridge at Lock 17, so there would be no reason to have two bridges at that location. The appearance of the Lock 17 roller bridge indicates it is modern.
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It was built to provide access to the farm fields on the opposite side of the canal. The nearby truss bridge is not capable of handling the large modern farm equipment.
It also provides an example of a bridge type that they did construct at some locations back in the days when the canal was in operation.