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CBQ - Big Rock Creek Deck Truss
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Pratt deck truss bridge over Big Rock Creek on Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
- Location
- Plano, Kendall County, Illinois
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1881; Replaced 1903
- Railroad
- - Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CBQ)
- Design
- 1 99' Pratt deck truss
4 44' Deck plate girders - Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 99.0 ft.
Total length: 275.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.66518, -88.52455 (decimal degrees)
41°39'55" N, 88°31'28" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/373078/4613725 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Plano
- Inventory number
- BH 77984 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Related Bridges
- BNSF - Big Rock Creek Bridge (Successor)
- CBQ - Big Rock Creek Howe Truss (Predecessor)
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Interesting to see the concrete forms set up for the BNSF Big Rock bridge which was to be its replacement.