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Sylvan Slough Railroad Bridge
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Facts
- Overview
- Pony/through plate girder bridge over Sylvan Slough on Railroad
- Location
- Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1924
- Design
- Pony plate girder
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 105.0 ft.
Total length: 705.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.51145, -90.56166 (decimal degrees)
41°30'41" N, 90°33'42" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/703482/4598406 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Davenport East
- Inventory number
- BH 52367 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 11, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
- May 5, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Railroad", "Iowa Interstate Railroad", "Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad"
Related Bridges
- Sylvan Slough Railroad Bridge (Old) (Predecessor)
Comments
Sylvan Slough Railroad Bridge
Yep, and the spans from this bridge: http://bridgehunter.com/il/rock-island/rock-river/ were the original spans at this location, as evidenced in this historical photo from Augustana College: http://www.umvphotoarchive.org/cgi-bin/getimage.exe?CISOROOT=/augsc&CISOPTR=332&DMSCALE=79.89348&DMWIDTH=600&DMHEIGHT=600&DMX=0&DMY=0&DMTEXT=%20bridge&REC=15&DMTHUMB=1&DMROTATE=0
Sylvan Slough Railroad Bridge
This bridge is at the location of the original bridge across the slough.
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