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CBQ - Rock River Covered Bridge

Winnebago County, Illinois

Photo 

Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923

BH Photo #366406

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Howe through truss bridge over Rock River on Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Location
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1882; Replaced 1929
Railroad
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CBQ)
Design
Howe through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 1,100.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.26483, -89.09556   (decimal degrees)
42°15'53" N, 89°05'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/327168/4681306 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Rockford North
Inventory numbers
WGCB 13-101-06x (World Guide to Covered Bridges number)
BH 73994 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,568)
Built 1882 (143)
Built during 1880s (1,993)
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (533)
Covered (1,648)
Howe through truss (448)
Howe truss (558)
Illinois (4,647)
Lost (24,738)
Lost 1929 (57)
 Lost during 1920s (478)
Owned by city (5,400)
Railroad (15,414)
Replaced by new bridge (16,581)
Rock River (Wisconsin-Illinois) (84)
Rockford, Illinois (41)
Through truss (15,065)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,883)
Truss (32,788)
Winnebago County, Illinois (71)

Update Log 

  • October 2, 2016: Updated by Luke: Converted my own redundancy

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CBQ - Rock River Covered Bridge
Posted May 30, 2019, by Luke

That would be https://bridgehunter.com/il/winnebago/bh41899/

CBQ - Rock River Covered Bridge
Posted May 30, 2019, by Brian (fcvpi99 [at] gmail [dot] com)

updated picture

Chestnut Street Bridge (1st)
Posted October 2, 2016, by ArtS (asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com)

Luke,

This is a double entry. That said, thanks for explaining the history of the structure.

Regards,

Art S.