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Rock Island Trail Spoon River Bridge

Stark County, Illinois
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Description 

Old rail bridge originally along the Peoria & Rock Island Railway which later became part of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific. Opened as bike/pedestrian trail in 1990. The state has done a great job of saving this and updating this old relic.

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Overview
Through truss bridge over Spoon River on Rock Island Trail (former Peoria & Rock Island RR) NW of Wyoming
Location
Stark County, Illinois
Status
Open to pedestrians
Design
Warren through truss with all verticals
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 140.0 ft.
Total length: 450.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.07755, -89.80326   (decimal degrees)
41°04'39" N, 89°48'12" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/264505/4551153 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Wyoming
Inventory number
BH 50897 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (335)
Deck truss (952)
Illinois (2,498)
Open to Pedestrians (2,084)
Owned by state (9,803)
Peoria & Rock Island Railway (1)
Rail-to-trail (492)
Railroad (4,055)
Span length 125-175 feet (2,950)
 Spoon River (11)
Stark County, Illinois (12)
Through truss (9,200)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,367)
Truss (23,559)
Warren through truss (924)
Warren through truss with all verticals (143)
Warren truss (3,955)

Update Log 

  • December 5, 2012: Updated by Steve Conro: Added photo's
  • September 16, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • May 5, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad", "Rail-to-trail"
  • January 11, 2012: Added by Steve Conro

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