This partially removed deck girder and concrete arch skeleton abutment bridge once carried the Milwaukee Road over Rock Run near Rock City

Rock City, Stephenson County, Illinois

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Abandoned and Partially Removed

Built 1915

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
75' deck plate girder and 4-26' concrete skeleton abutment (arch)

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Rock Run

Significance:

This historic quadrangular lattice through truss bridge once carried the Chicago & North Western Railway over the Pecatonica River west of Ridott

Ridott, Stephenson County, Illinois

Owner: Commonweath Edison

Status: Closed to Traffic

Built 1887

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
2-125' quadrangular lattice through truss

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Pecatonica River

Significance:

This small stone arch culvert is one of several small culverts which carried the original Racine and Mississippi Rail Road near Rock City

Rock City, Stephenson County, Illinois

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Abandoned

Built 1859

by

Unknown

for

Racine and Mississippi Rail Road

Design:
4'x7' stone arch culvert

Description:
Stone arch culvert over unnamed creek

Significance:

This Pratt through truss bridge carries the former Illinois Central Railroad over Yellow Creek on the east side of Freeport

Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1904

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
150' Pratt through truss

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Yellow Creek

Significance:

This small stone arch culvert is one of several small culverts which carried the original Racine and Mississippi Rail Road near Dakota

Dakota, Stephenson County, Illinois

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Abandoned

Built 1859

by

Unknown

for

Racine and Mississippi Rail Road

Design:
8'x8' stone arch culvert

Description:
Stone arch culvert over unnamed creek

Significance:

This small stone arch culvert is one of several small culverts which carried the original Racine and Mississippi Rail Road near Rock City

Rock City, Stephenson County, Illinois

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Abandoned

Built 1859

by

Unknown

for

Racine and Mississippi Rail Road

Design:
4'x5' stone arch culvert

Description:
Stone arch culvert over unnamed creek

Significance:

This concrete slab bridge carries the former Illinois Central Railroad over Rock City Road east of Freeport

Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1918

by

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
2-19' and 4-14' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Rock City Road

Significance:

This small stone arch culvert crosses Brown Creek and is one of several small culverts which carried the original Racine and Mississippi Rail Road near Dakota

Dakota, Stephenson County, Illinois

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Abandoned

Built 1959

by

Unknown

for

Racine and Mississippi Rail Road

Design:
10'x9' stone arch culvert

Description:
Stone arch culvert over Brown Creek

Significance:

This small stone arch culvert is one of several small culverts which carried the original Racine and Mississippi Rail Road near Dakota

Dakota, Stephenson County, Illinois

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Abandoned

Built 1859

by

Unknown

for

Racine and Mississippi Rail Road

Design:
4'x5' stone arch culvert

Description:
Stone arch culvert over unnamed creek

Significance:

This historic Pratt through truss bridge carries the Jane Addams Trail over the Pecatonica River west of Freeport

Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois

Owner: Freeport Park District

Status:

Built 1887

by

Union Bridge Company of Buffalo, New York

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
175' Pratt through truss

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Pecatonica River

Significance: