Photos
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Distant View To North Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Distant View To South Photos taken April 1995 by Roger McCredie Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View To Southeast Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View To Northeast Showing Timber Bent And Underside Of Deck Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Distant View To East Showing Blocked Approach Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View To East Showing Approach And Deck Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View To West From East Approach Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View To Northeast From West Deck Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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South Face Of North Truss Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Masonry Foundation Of Timber Bent Under West Approach, View To West Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
Facts
- Overview
- Lost timber pony truss bridge over the UPRR on Zurich Street near Joliet
- Location
- Joliet, Will County, Illinois
- Status
- Replaced by modern bridge
- History
- Built ca. 1890 by the Chicago & Alton Railroad; replaced 1998
- Design
- Main span: Timber Queenpost truss with vertical iron rods
Approaches: Five stringer spans with timber frame bents
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 29.8 ft.
Total length: 133.8 ft.
Deck width: 16.4 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.49110, -88.08724 (decimal degrees)
41°29'28" N, 88°05'14" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/409242/4593846 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Elwood
- Inventory numbers
- IL 099-3141 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15757 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Sources
- HAER IL-130 - Zurich Road Bridge, Spanning Southern Pacific, Chicago & St. Louis Rai, Joliet vicinity, Will County, IL