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Chestnut Street Bridge (1890)
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Post through truss bridge over Rock River on Chestnut/Wallnut Street
- Location
- Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois
- Status
- Replaced by a new bridge
- History
- 1871 State Street Bridge relocated and rebuilt here in 1890; Replaced 1917
- Design
- Post through truss
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.26873, -89.09341 (decimal degrees)
42°16'07" N, 89°05'36" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/327356/4681736 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Rockford North
- Inventory number
- BH 71765 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 16, 2022: Updated by Luke: Removed extraneous " (1871 structure relocated here)" from title
- October 2, 2016: Updated by Luke: Added information
- April 8, 2016: Added by ArtS
Related Bridges
- State Street Bridge (1871) (Parts reused from)
Sources
- Art Suckewer - Asuckewer [at] knite [dot] com
- Rockford: 1900-World War I by Eric A. Johnson - Book
- Luke
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I've edited the history section to reflect that.