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Fox River Trail - Fox River Bridge
Description
Old Chicago & Northwestern Railway bridge converted to trail use. Not sure when it was abandoned. A local who was nearby when I was shooting pictures said "there hadn't been a train across it in 30 years".Facts
- Overview
- Deck plate girder bridge over Fox River on Fox River Bike Trail in Algonquin
- Location
- Algonquin, McHenry County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to pedestrians
- History
- Built 1898
- Builder
- - Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois
- Railroads
- - Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Rail-to-trail
- Design
- Deck plate girder with nice old stone piers and abutments
- Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 78.0 ft.
Total length: 260.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.16164, -88.29365 (decimal degrees)
42°09'42" N, 88°17'37" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/393133/4668532 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Crystal Lake
- Inventory number
- BH 51262 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- August 21, 2015: New photos from John Marvig
- August 1, 2015: Updated by John Marvig: added build date
- July 31, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added builder via John
- February 10, 2012: Updated by Steve Conro: Added categories "Rail-to-trail", "Chicago & North Western Railway", "Skewed"
Sources
- Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Luke
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Last train operated on 4/14/83