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Cairo Railroad Bridge

Alexander County, Illinois, and Ballard County, Kentucky
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View from Fort Defiance

Photo taken by James Baughn

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over the Ohio River carrying the Canadian National Railway (former Illinois Central Railroad) in Cairo
Location
Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois, and Ballard County, Kentucky
Status
Open to railroad traffic
History
Built 1949-52, replacing the original bridge
Design
Warren through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.02302, -89.17532   (decimal degrees)
37°01'23" N, 89°10'31" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/306493/4099639 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Cairo
Inventory number
BH 15009 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Alexander County, Illinois (27)
Ballard County, Kentucky (5)
Built 1952 (180)
Built during 1950s (2,382)
Cairo, Illinois (10)
Canadian National Railway (169)
Illinois (2,499)
Illinois Central Railroad (211)
Kentucky (671)
 Ohio River (95)
Open (28,309)
Owned by railroad (4,039)
Railroad (4,070)
State line crossing (513)
Through truss (9,205)
Truss (23,566)
Warren through truss (926)
Warren truss (3,957)

Update Log 

  • August 20, 2011: New photos from Ben Tate
  • November 7, 2008: New photo from Nathan Morton
  • May 30, 2008: New photo from David B. Haun
  • March 13, 2006: Posted all new photos

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Sources 

  • David B. Haun
  • Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Cairo Railroad Bridge
Posted December 31, 2005, by robert chamness (z50patgail02 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

this bridge was built without stopping a train i rode the first span in while it pushed the old span into the river