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C&NW crossed the Pecatonica River twice between Freeport and Rockford, IL. The bridge in town has been removed. But the one in the country has been preserved as a trail bridge. The river must have some heavy floods because the span over the flood plain is as long as the span over the channel itself. I had noticed there were a lot of oxbow lakes northwest of Freeport. So that means that area is low and flat. It is good that Freeport has kept development off that land.
Note the twin concrete piers above the bridge in the photo above. This was for the Rockford & Interurban bridge. This interurban connected Freeport with Rockford which was in turn connected to Elgin and the Chicago interurban network via the Elgin & Belvidere interurban.
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