Ottawa Rail Bridge

Ottawa Rail Bridge
Ottawa Rail Bridge in 1988.
Coordinates	41°20′30″N 88°50′49″W
Carries	Illinois Railway
Crosses	Illinois River
Locale	Ottawa, Illinois
Official name	Ottawa Rail Bridge
Maintained by	Illinois Department of Transportation
Characteristics
Design	Steel truss with lift span
Width	1 track
Height	21 feet (6.4 m) above water, 480 feet (150 m) above sea level
History
Opened	1898
Location

The Ottawa Rail Bridge is a railroad bridge spanning the Illinois River in the municipality of Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois. The first rail crossing on this site was constructed in 1871 by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, along a route leased from the Ottawa, Oswego and Fox River Valley Railroad between Ottawa and Streator, Illinois. The current bridge was constructed in 1898 by the King Bridge Company and altered in 1932 to include a vertical-lift span designed by Waddell & Harrington. The Illinois Railway now operates trains over the bridge on its Ottawa Branch between Streator and Montgomery, Illinois.

See also

• List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Illinois

External links

• Media related to CB&Q Railroad Bridge (Ottawa, Illinois) at Wikimedia Commons