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STR - Lake Creek Trestle
Alexander County
,
Illinois
Photos
View from southwest
Photo taken by James Baughn in January 2015
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BH Photo #375570
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Overview
Abandoned wooden trestle over Lake Creek on the former Mobile & Ohio Railroad, next to IL 3
Location
Alexander County
,
Illinois
Status
Abandoned, but still in good condition
Railroads
-
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad
(GMO)
-
Illinois Central Railroad
(IC; ICG (1972-1988))
-
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
(M&O)
-
Shawnee Terminal Railway
(STR)
Design
Timber stringer
Dimensions
Total length: 97.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.12243
,
-89.27537
(decimal degrees)
37°07'21" N, 89°16'31" W
(degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/297857/4110877
(zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Cache
Inventory number
BH 42343
(Bridgehunter.com ID)
Categories
Abandoned
(3,650)
Alexander County, Illinois
(32)
Beam
(15,716)
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad
(113)
Have street view
(26,947)
Illinois
(4,647)
Illinois Central Railroad
(582)
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
(12)
Railroad
(15,414)
Shawnee Terminal Railway
(2)
Timber stringer
(4,018)
Total length 75-100 feet
(6,584)
Update Log
January 10, 2017: New photos from James Baughn
March 10, 2013: New photo from James Baughn
August 9, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
February 21, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Added GPS coordinates
April 14, 2009: Added by Nathan Morton
Sources
Nathan Morton -
morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
Robert Stephenson
-
seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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