2nd Street Bridge

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HAARGIS photo

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Facts 

Overview

Stone arch bridge over 2nd Street on the abandoned Illinois Central Railroad in Dixon

Location

Dixon, Lee County, Illinois

Status

Railroad line abandoned, but open to vehicular traffic below

History

Built 1854

Builders

- Laing & Douglas Construction Co.
- Robert Finley Laing

Design

Stone arch

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 32.1 ft.
Total length: 34.1 ft.
Deck width: 28.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.0 ft.

Recognition

Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 2, 1987

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.84083, -89.48806   (decimal degrees)
41°50'27" N, 89°29'17" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/293425/4635097 (zone/easting/northing)

USGS topographic map

Dixon East

Inventory numbers

IL 052-6102 (Illinois bridge number)
NRHP 87002048 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 15442 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Average daily traffic (as of 2005)

1,550

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Update Log 

• February 28, 2012: New photos from Steve Conro
• July 20, 2011: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Updated Categories
• May 15, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Added builders, length, width and NRHP data

Related Bridges 

• ICRR Stone Underpass (Same project)
• 1st Street Bridge (Same project)
• 3rd Street Bridge (Same project)

Sources 

• Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Daniel Hopkins - chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net
• Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com

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