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Overview: Stone arch bridge over 3rd 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: 37.0 ft.
Total length: 38.0 ft.
Deck width: 28.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.0 ft.
Recognition: Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on December 2, 1987
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.84000, -89.48806 (decimal degrees)
41°50'24" N, 89°29'17" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/293422/4635004 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Dixon East
Inventory numbers: IL 052-9904 (Illinois bridge number)
NRHP 87002048 (National Register of Historic Places reference number)
BH 15443 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 5,200

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