Cairo Railroad Bridge
Photos
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View from Fort Defiance |
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View from highway bridge |
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View from southeast |
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East portal |
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Approach trestle |
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Deck truss span |
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Stone pier |
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Piers from first bridge |
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Cairo Railroad Bridge Cairo Railroad Bridge in the distance. Photo taken byMother of David B. Haun in May 2008 |
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Cairo Railroad Bridge Illinois approach to the bridge Photo taken by Nathan Morton in February 2007 |
Facts
- Overview
- Through truss bridge over the Ohio River carrying the Illinois Central (now Canadian National Railway) in Cairo
- 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)
Update Log
- July 1, 2009: Updated by Harvey Henkelmann
- May 7, 2009: Updated by Harvey Henkelmann
- February 26, 2009: Updated by Harvey Henkelmann
- January 28, 2009: Updated by Harvey Henkelmann
- November 7, 2008: New photo from Nathan Morton
- May 30, 2008: New photo from David B. Haun
- March 13, 2006: Posted all new photos
Sources
- David B. Haun - dbhaun [at] gmail [dot] com
- Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Harvey Henkelmann - harveyhenkelmann [at] earthlink [dot] net