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CN Rock River Bridge (Rockton)

Winnebago County, Illinois
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Photo taken by Steve Conro in November 2011

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Description 

4 pony truss mains spans with 5 deck plate girder approaches 4 north and 1 south Length approximate

Facts 

Overview
Pony truss bridge over Rock River on CNRR (former Milwaukee RR)
Location
Rockton, Winnebago County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1906
Design
Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Total length: 680.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.44951, -89.06743   (decimal degrees)
42°26'58" N, 89°04'03" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/329987/4701757 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
South Beloit
Inventory number
BH 50309 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1906 (362)
Built during 1900s (4,266)
Canadian National Railway (178)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (292)
Deck girder (1,830)
Girder (3,286)
Illinois (2,501)
Open (28,453)
Owned by railroad (4,120)
Plate girder (2,284)
 Pony truss (13,210)
Pratt pony truss (2,350)
Pratt truss (5,687)
Railroad (4,220)
Rock River (Wisconsin-Illinois) (41)
Rockton, Illinois (1)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,819)
Truss (23,609)
Winnebago County, Illinois (37)

Update Log 

  • March 10, 2013: New photo from Luke Harden
  • December 10, 2011: Updated by J.P.: updated design
  • November 27, 2011: Updated by Clark Vance: Changed from through to pony truss
  • November 23, 2011: Added by Steve Conro

Sources 

  • Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com

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