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RI - Colona Covered Bridge

Henry County, Illinois, and Rock Island County, Illinois

Photo 

Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923

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BH Photo #336784

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Through truss bridge over Rock River on Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad
Location
Colona, Henry County, Illinois, and Rock Island County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1853; Destroyed by a tornado 1859
Builder
- Stone, Boomer & Boyington of Chicago, Illinois & Davenport, Iowa
Railroad
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (CRIP (1866-1920); RI (1920-1975) ROCK (1975-1980))
Design
Through truss
Also called
RI - Rock River Covered Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.48955, -90.37122   (decimal degrees)
41°29'22" N, 90°22'16" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/719450/4596440 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Green Rock
Inventory numbers
WGCB IL-13-37-01x (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
WGCB IL-81-03x (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 69001 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,568)
Built 1853 (38)
Built during 1850s (407)
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (1,111)
Colona, Illinois (7)
Covered (1,648)
Covered Railroad Bridge (66)
Destroyed by storm (52)
Destroyed by tornado (13)
Henry County, Illinois (56)
Illinois (4,647)
 Lost (24,735)
Lost 1859 (2)
Lost during 1850s (18)
Owned by railroad (12,423)
Railroad (15,414)
Rock Island County, Illinois (71)
Rock River (Wisconsin-Illinois) (84)
Stone, Boomer & Boyington (5)
Through truss (15,064)
Truss (32,786)

Update Log 

  • August 28, 2015: Added by Luke

Sources 

  • Luke

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