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C&NW - Fox River Bridge (Old)
Photo
Library of Congress
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BH Photo #435519
Description
Contained two sets of parallel trusses, for 8 spans total:
2-125' Lattice Deck Trusses
2-119' Lattice Deck Trusses
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Lattice deck truss bridge over Fox River on Chicago & North Western Railway
- Location
- Geneva, Kane County, Illinois
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- Built 1883, Replaced 1920
- Railroad
- - Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Design
- Lattice deck truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 125.0 ft.
Total length: 490.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.88162, -88.30419 (decimal degrees)
41°52'54" N, 88°18'15" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/391788/4637454 (zone/easting/northing)
- Inventory number
- BH 83009 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 1, 2018: New photo from Luke
- October 1, 2018: Added by John Marvig