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Fox River Trail - LaFox River Drive Overpass
Description
Old Chicago & Northwestern Railway bridge converted to trail use. Not sure when it was abandoned. A local who was nearby when I was shooting pictures said "there hadn't been a train across it in 30 years".Facts
- Overview
- Pony/through plate girder bridge over LaFox River Drive on Fox River Bike Trail
- Location
- Algonquin, McHenry County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to pedestrians
- History
- Built 1929
- Builder
- - American Bridge Co. of New York
- Railroads
- - Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Rail-to-trail
- Design
- Pony plate girder
- Dimensions
-
Span length: 50.0 ft.
Total length: 50.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.16238, -88.29425 (decimal degrees)
42°09'45" N, 88°17'39" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/393085/4668615 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Crystal Lake
- Inventory number
- BH 51261 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- August 21, 2015: New photos from John Marvig
- August 1, 2015: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
- July 31, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added builder via John
- February 10, 2012: Updated by Steve Conro: Added categories "Chicago & North Western Railway", "Rail-to-trail"
Sources
- Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Luke
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
Comments
Fox River Trail LaFox River Dr Bridge
The Lake Geneva Wi to Elgin Il C&NW line was abandoned in stages from the late 70's to the late 80's/early 90's.
That segment was about 85/86 from the north end of Elgin to Crystal Lake with the downtown Elgin tracks coming up last and the segment from Richmond to Lake Geneva being the late 70's and the Ringwood (current end of track) to Richmond coming up a few years later.
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Last train between Elgin and Crystal Lake was 4/14/83