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Galena Avenue Bridge

Lee County, Illinois

Photos 

Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923

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BH Photo #352500

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Rock River on Galena Avenue & Sterling, Dixon, & Eastern Railway
Location
Dixon, Lee County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1884
Railroads
- Interurban
- Sterling, Dixon, & Eastern Railway (SD&E)
Design
Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.84573, -89.48332   (decimal degrees)
41°50'45" N, 89°28'60" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/293834/4635629 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Dixon East
Inventory number
BH 71974 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,316)
Built 1884 (197)
Built during 1880s (2,162)
Chicago, Kansas City & Gulf Highway (6)
Dixon, Illinois (19)
Illinois (4,927)
Interurban (998)
Lee County, Illinois (49)
Lost (28,382)
Lost 1939 (72)
 Lost during 1930s (858)
Owned by city (6,078)
Pratt through truss (6,045)
Pratt truss (10,280)
Railroad (16,447)
Replaced by new bridge (19,300)
Rock River (Wisconsin-Illinois) (105)
Sterling, Dixon, & Eastern Railway (2)
Through truss (16,710)
Truss (35,376)

Update Log 

  • August 7, 2021: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • June 28, 2020: New photo from Tony Dillon

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Luke
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Geoff Hubbs

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