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CBQ - Big Rock Creek Deck Truss

Photo 

Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923

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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
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)

Update Log 

  • July 23, 2017: Added by Luke

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Sources 

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Comments 

CBQ - Big Rock Creek Deck Truss
Posted March 1, 2020, by Steve Conro (sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Interesting to see the concrete forms set up for the BNSF Big Rock bridge which was to be its replacement.