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IR - Fox River Bridge

LaSalle County, Illinois

Photos 

Rock Island Fox River

Photo taken by Steve Conro

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BH Photo #218346

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Bridge once had two truss spans. A Whipple Deck Truss and a Pratt Deck Truss. The whipple was replaced with I-Beam Spans

Facts 

Overview
Pratt deck truss bridge over Fox River on Illinois RailNet West of Sheridan
Location
Sheridan, LaSalle County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CBQ)
- Illinois RailNet (IR)
Design
Combination Pratt Deck Truss & Steel Stringer with Timber Stringer approach. Length was approximated.
Originally featured a Whipple deck truss.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 155.0 ft.
Total length: 448.0 ft.
Also called
Sheridan Railroad Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.52913, -88.69538   (decimal degrees)
41°31'45" N, 88°41'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/358560/4598885 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Sheridan
Inventory number
BH 49883 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

BNSF Railway (1,514)
Beam (15,725)
Burlington Northern Railroad (461)
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (535)
Deck truss (1,733)
Fox River (Wisconsin-Illinois) (24)
Have street view (26,956)
Illinois (4,647)
Illinois RailNet (14)
LaSalle County, Illinois (89)
Open (39,895)
 Owned by railroad (12,432)
Pin-connected (3,902)
Pratt deck truss (357)
Pratt truss (9,304)
Railroad (15,437)
Sheridan, Illinois (2)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,224)
Steel stringer (6,227)
Timber stringer (4,021)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,232)
Truss (32,807)

Update Log 

  • July 10, 2017: New photo from Luke
  • August 16, 2015: New photos from John Marvig
  • June 29, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Illinois Railway"
  • October 26, 2011: Updated by Steve Conro: Name corrected per David Eikes
  • October 25, 2011: New Street View added by Cliff Darby
  • October 24, 2011: New photos from Steve Conro
  • October 23, 2011: Added by Steve Conro

Sources 

  • Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Cliff Darby - cliffsta1987 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Luke
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Comments 

IR - Fox River Bridge
Posted February 20, 2018, by David S. (dscharen [at] hotmail [dot] com)

Here is a shot of the IR Fox River Bridge taken on November 30, 2017, with the Norfolk Southern 8114, the "Original Norfolk Southern" heritage unit, bringing up the markers on a loaded eastbound sand train.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/66708125@N03/38229681544/in/da...

Rock Island Fox River Bridge
Posted October 24, 2011, by David Eike (eikes [at] sbcglobal [dot] net)

Some clarification on this bridge, which may warrant a renaming: It was built as part of the old Chicago, Burlington, & Quincy, a branch line that ran from Aurora to Streator. It was never part of the Chicago, Rock Island, & Pacific. It was part of the Burlington Northern (successor of the CB&Q) until it was sold off to the shortline Illinois Railnet (now the Illinois Railway, part of OmniTRAX).