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CN - Galena River Bridge
Description
A 1913 township map shows this as having been a draw bridge. In days past the Galena River was wide enough to allow river boat traffic up from the Mississippi to dock at Galena.Facts
- Overview
- Pony/through plate girder bridge over Galena River on Canadian National in Galena
- Location
- Galena, Jo Daviess County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- built 1976
- Builder
- - American Bridge Co. of New York
- Railroads
- - Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
- Design
- 4 span Pony plate girder
- Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 302.0 ft.
- Also called
- Illinois Central Bridge #W165.7
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.40882, -90.43091 (decimal degrees)
42°24'32" N, 90°25'51" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/711404/4698366 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Galena
- Inventory number
- BH 54322 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 5, 2018: New photos from John Marvig
- January 11, 2013: New photos from John Marvig
- December 10, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
- November 6, 2012: Updated by Steve Conro: Added categories "Canadian National Railway", "Illinois Central Railroad"
Related Bridges
- IC - Galena River Bridge (Predecessor)
Sources
- Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
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You are right Gary!
http://www.isgs.uiuc.edu/nsdihome/webdocs/ilhap/county/data/...
As from the 1973 IC Iowa Division Track Chart
"W165.1:25'305'; 2-70' TPG Spns, 1-99'3" Bascule Sp. 1-62' Anchor arm conc piers & Abuts, 1914