IR - Fox River Bridge (Boulder Hill)

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 RailNet

Location

Montgomery, 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 RailNet (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 

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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