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Morris Spur I&M Canal Bridge

Grundy County, Illinois
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Photos 

West And North Sides Of Bridge Looking Southeast

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Triple Intersecting Warren Through Truss over Illinois and Michgan Canal on the I&M Canal Trail (former Rock Island Railroad)
Location
Morrison, Grundy County, Illinois
Status
Open to Pedestrians
Design
Triple Intersecting Through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.35591, -88.42701   (decimal degrees)
41°21'21" N, 88°25'37" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/380632/4579250 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Morris
Inventory number
BH 36834 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1905 (550)
Built during 1900s (4,246)
Grundy County, Illinois (30)
HAER documented (781)
I&M Canal (20)
Illinois (2,499)
Lattice through truss (198)
Lattice truss (265)
 Morrison, Illinois (2)
Open to Pedestrians (2,084)
Owned by state (9,807)
Pedimented portal bracing (29)
Through truss (9,205)
Triple-intersection lattice through truss (16)
Truss (23,566)

Update Log 

  • October 16, 2011: New photos from James McCray
  • July 8, 2008: Added by Kim Harvey

Sources 

  • Kim Harvey
  • HAER IL-81 - Rock Island Railroad, Illinois & Michigan (I&M) Canal Bridge, Spanning I&M Canal, east of Calhoun Street, Morris, Grundy County, IL
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth

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