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IR - Fox River Bridge (Boulder Hill)

Kendall County, Illinois

Photos 

Photo taken by Steve Conro in November 2011

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BH Photo #219755

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Steel stringer bridge over IL 25 & Fox River on Illinois Railway
Location
Boulder Hilll, Kendall County, Illinois
History
Built 1903, Approach added 1938
Builders
- American Bridge Co. of New York
- King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
Railroads
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CBQ)
- Illinois Railway (IR)
Design
Steel Deck Plate Girder with new concrete approaches. Remains of old timber approaches
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 80.0 ft.
Total length: 430.0 ft.
Also called
IR IL25 Overpass
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.71545, -88.34913   (decimal degrees)
41°42'56" N, 88°20'57" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/387770/4619062 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Aurora South
Inventory numbers
IL 047-0040 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 49936 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,370)
Beam (14,380)
Boulder Hilll, Illinois (1)
Built 1903 (526)
Built during 1900s (6,799)
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (431)
Concrete stringer (683)
Deck girder (5,048)
Fox River (Wisconsin-Illinois) (24)
Girder (9,140)
Have street view (25,415)
Illinois (4,470)
 Illinois Railway (13)
Kendall County, Illinois (28)
King Bridge Co. (326)
Montgomery, Illinois (1)
Open (38,219)
Owned by railroad (11,104)
Plate girder (6,949)
Railroad (14,370)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,178)
Steel stringer (5,620)
Total length 250-500 feet (4,886)

Update Log 

  • August 18, 2015: New photos from John Marvig
  • August 1, 2015: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • November 6, 2011: Updated by Steve Conro: Photos
  • October 27, 2011: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added street view
  • October 26, 2011: Added by Steve Conro

Sources 

  • Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Daniel Hopkins - chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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