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WSOR Nippersink/Pistakee Lake Channel Bridge

Lake County, Illinois
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Photo taken by Steve Conro in February 2012

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Description 

Pleasant discovery to find this is a former swing bridge. It has since been fixed in place.

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Overview
Deck plate girder swing bridge over Nippersink/Pistakee Lake Main Channel on Wisconsin & Southern RR (former Milwaukee Road) in Fox Lake
Location
Fox Lake, Lake County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
Design
Deck plate girder (former swing bridge) w/timber stringer and steel stringer approaches. Unusual design where steel stringers have been raised up into the railroad tracks to allow maximum clearance for boats to pass underneath.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.40482, -88.18864   (decimal degrees)
42°24'17" N, 88°11'19" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/402185/4695409 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Fox Lake
Inventory number
BH 51254 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (6,038)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (281)
Deck girder (1,796)
Fox Lake, Illinois (3)
Girder (3,230)
Illinois (2,499)
Lake County, Illinois (40)
Movable (1,355)
Navigable waterway (1,448)
 Open (28,301)
Owned by railroad (4,036)
Plate girder (2,245)
Railroad (4,063)
Steel stringer (2,323)
Swing (534)
Timber stringer (1,855)
Wisconsin & Southern Railroad (26)

Update Log 

  • February 15, 2012: Updated by Steve Conro: I mistakenly put this in McHenry County should be Lake
  • February 12, 2012: Updated by Steve Conro: Removed category "Swing Bridge"
  • February 10, 2012: Updated by Steve Conro: Added categories "WSOR Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co.", "Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad", "Navigable waterway", "Swing Bridge"

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