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Fox River Trail - Poplar Creek Bridge
Facts
- Overview
- Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Poplar Creek on Fox River Bike Trail
- Location
- Elgin, Kane County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to pedestrians only
- History
- Built 1902
- Railroads
- - Aurora, Elgin & Chicago Railway (AE&C)
- Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railroad (CA&E)
- Interurban
- Rail-to-trail
- Design
- Closed-spandrel arch
- Dimensions
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Total length: 45.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.01396, -88.27468 (decimal degrees)
42°00'50" N, 88°16'29" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/394456/4652111 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Elgin
- Inventory number
- BH 51071 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- August 21, 2015: New photos from John Marvig
- August 9, 2014: New Street View added by Luke
- October 22, 2012: Updated by Clark Vance: Build date
- October 20, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Removed category "Other Interurban"
- October 20, 2012: Updated by Clark Vance: Added category "Other Interurban"
- January 24, 2012: Updated by Steve Conro: Added category "Skewed"
Sources
- Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
- Luke
- Remembering the 'Ror'n' Elgin - More info on the CA&E
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
Comments
Fox River Trail Bridge
http://www.abandonedrails.com/Chicago_Aurora_and_Elgin_Railr...
You can zoom in to see this crossing on the old "Roarin' Elgin"
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That's the CA&E's Elgin branch ROW.
What ever was mounted on the one bridge rail may have been something related to the signaling or communication as the CA&E switched from overhead trolly wire to third rail just south of National St.