Thursday, July 10, 2014

Fox Lake Fireworks-- Part 6: The Bridges

Right next to Beer Can Bridge is the four lane US Route 12 bridge, which is also four lanes across the channel by the High Side bridge.  The island between them is small and at one time actually a peninsula before a new channel was dug to connect Nippersink Lake and Pistakee Lake (but, I'm not sure which side was dug).

The railroad trestle is no longer a swing bridge and a higher bridge has taken its place.  So, the bigger boats have easy access to either lake without having to wait for the bridge to swing.  The tallest boats, however, can't get through it.

Many boaters avoid the High Side bridge because the Lake County Marine cops have their headquarters by the American Legion and sometimes post themselves there.

--DaCoot

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