Fox River Trail South Photos
Stearns Road Bridge and South Elgin

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This section of the Fox River Trail is just south of South Elgin, is right alongside the river and has this fantastic bridge view!!! The bridge ahead in the photo above is a very old bridge that crosses the Fox River.

I believe that this may have originally been a railway bridge since there are no roads that cross the Fox River between Stearns Road and State Street in South Elgin. What a contrast between the old bridge above and the new Stearns Road bridge below.

Here's an updated photo, from July 2011, looking back at the new Stearns Road bridge. Stearns Road is on top and the pedestrian crossing is below. I did a little exploring after this bridge was built and crossed to the other side (east of the Fox River) and the bike path just ended there. I know that there was a lot of planning put into the bridge construction project and there were a lot of improvements to this area so I thought that the path would continue on the other side. For now, the bike path just ends on the other side but I believe that it may get extended in the near future.

You can also cross the river at the new Stearns Road bridge. The photo above is how you would cross the Fox River from the FRT on the new bridge. The road is above us here. This photo compliments of Dale Kiffel.



Shortly after the new bridge you ride right next to the river for a little while... It's really beautiful here. Note, the new bridge photos (above) are more current and use our much upgraded cameras. The photo directly above is from the original ride again and from my older digital camera.

I hope to upgrade these photos soon, but I also like the older photos for historical purposes. The Fox River Trail may have had improvements over the years but some places are exactly the same and the trail itself goes mostly still follows the same path.

This is the Fox River Trail just past where the trail runs right next to the Fox River in the photos above and just before it goes next to the train tracks.

Note that there is a BIKE REPAIR Station, in Seba Park, just before the bridge in South Elgin. This could be very handy if you need it but it does not seem to be marked very well on the trail so you could miss it if you did not know that it is here.

At the time I took this photo this little repair station was new and everything was in good working order. I hope that they maintain this and that is stays that way.




This is as you pass the county park (Seba Park, with the bike repair station) and cross the river in South Elgin on the bridge.

This is the view of the State Street Bridge as you cross the Fox River. There is a nice concrete wall on the traffic side of this crossing.




You do a couple of sharp turns after you cross the bridge then you come back around and go under the bridge again as you continue north on the Fox River Trail.