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UP - Fox River Bridge
Photos
Photo taken by Steve Conro in October 2011
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BH Photo #218853
Description
Replaced earlier deck truss bridge built in 1886. Construction on current bridge began August 10, 1956 and the bridge was completed on January 4, 1957. Great Western bike trail bridge has been incorporated into the structure.
Facts
- Overview
- Deck plate girder bridge over Fox River in St Charles on UPRR (formerly CGW RR)
- Location
- St. Charles, Kane County, Illinois
- Status
- Open
- History
- Built 1956-1957 for Chicago Great Western RR, pedestrian bridge later added on north side of existing structure
- Railroads
- - Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Chicago Great Western Railway (CGW)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Design
- Deck plate girder on steel towers/Concrete Piers.
- Dimensions
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Total length: 477.0 ft.
- Also called
- CGW - Fox River Bridge
Great Western Trail - Fox River Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.91686, -88.31558 (decimal degrees)
41°55'01" N, 88°18'56" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/390904/4641382 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Geneva
- Inventory number
- BH 48217 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- July 17, 2014: New Street View added by Ralph Demars
- February 22, 2011: Added by Frank Hicks