Rating:
51257
{71}%
3 votes
UP/Metra - Fox River Bridge
Photos
Photo taken by Steve Conro in February 2012
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BH Photo #225182
Description
Information provided by C&NW valuation information at the Chicago & North Western Railway Historical Society archives
Facts
- Overview
- Deck truss bridge over Fox River on UPRR (Former C&NW) between Cary & Fox River Grove
- Location
- Cary/Fox River Grove, McHenry County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1898, Strengthened 1927
- Railroads
- - Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Commuter Rail
- Metra (METX)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Design
- Warren deck truss with alternating verticals
- Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 125.0 ft.
Total length: 250.0 ft.
- Also called
- C&NW Bridge #57
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.20080, -88.22527 (decimal degrees)
42°12'03" N, 88°13'31" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/398845/4672797 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Barrington
- Inventory number
- BH 51257 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- June 11, 2022: Updated by John Marvig: Corrected build date
- August 21, 2015: New photos from John Marvig
- February 16, 2015: Updated by John Marvig: Added information and build date
- February 10, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
- February 10, 2012: Updated by Steve Conro: Added category "Chicago & North Western Railway"