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IC - Rock River Bridge (1868)

Lee County, Illinois

Photos 

Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923

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BH Photo #352554

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt deck truss bridge over Rock River on Illinois Central Railroad
Location
Dixon, Lee County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built ca. 1868; Replaced 1920
Railroad
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
Design
Pratt deck truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.84430, -89.49087   (decimal degrees)
41°50'39" N, 89°29'27" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/293202/4635489 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Dixon East
Inventory number
BH 71982 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,332)
Built 1868 (113)
Built during 1860s (593)
Deck truss (1,923)
Dixon, Illinois (19)
Illinois (4,927)
Illinois Central Railroad (623)
Lee County, Illinois (49)
Lost (28,402)
 Lost 1920 (50)
Lost during 1920s (632)
Owned by railroad (13,492)
Pratt deck truss (402)
Pratt truss (10,282)
Railroad (16,452)
Replaced by new bridge (19,311)
Rock River (Wisconsin-Illinois) (105)
Truss (35,396)

Update Log 

  • January 3, 2019: New photos from Melissa Brand-Welch

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Sources 

  • Luke
  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com

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