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CBQ - Big Rock Creek Deck Truss

Kendall County, Illinois

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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)

Categories 

19th Century (9,803)
Built 1881 (168)
Built during 1880s (2,425)
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (625)
Deck girder (6,699)
Deck truss (2,082)
Girder (11,784)
Illinois (5,123)
Kendall County, Illinois (32)
Lost (32,326)
Lost 1903 (64)
Lost during 1900s (524)
 Owned by railroad (14,333)
Pin-connected (5,513)
Plano, Illinois (4)
Plate girder (9,289)
Pratt deck truss (437)
Pratt truss (10,917)
Railroad (17,180)
Replaced by new bridge (22,031)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,830)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,746)
Truss (38,723)

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  • July 23, 2017: Added by Luke

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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.