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CNW - South Fork Kent Creek Arch Bridge

Winnebago County, Illinois

Photo 

Photo taken by Brian in April 2017

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BH Photo #448819

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Abandoned closed-spandrel arch bridge over South Fork Kent Creek on Chicago & North Western Railway
Location
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
Status
Abandoned
History
Built 1908;
Railroad
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
Design
Closed-spandrel arch
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.26584, -89.13030   (decimal degrees)
42°15'57" N, 89°07'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/324305/4681490 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Winnebago
Inventory number
BH 62427 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,650)
Arch (12,100)
Built 1908 (711)
Built during 1900s (7,224)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,404)
Closed-spandrel arch (3,992)
 Deck arch (11,339)
Illinois (4,647)
Railroad (15,414)
Rockford, Illinois (41)
Winnebago County, Illinois (71)

Update Log 

  • May 29, 2019: New photo from Luke
  • November 24, 2018: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • August 10, 2014: Added by Luke

Sources 

  • Luke
  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
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Comments 

CNW - South Fork Kent Creek Arch Bridge
Posted May 29, 2019, by Brian (fcvpi99 [at] gmail [dot] com)

here is a photo

CNW - South Fork Kent Creek Arch Bridge
Posted November 24, 2018, by Luke

It's the North Fork arch: https://bridgehunter.com/il/winnebago/bh59112/

CNW - South Fork Kent Creek Arch Bridge
Posted November 24, 2018, by Melissa Brand-Welch (melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com)

Luke, let me know if you think this is correct.