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Penn Central Bridge

Alexander County, Illinois
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Photo taken by Ben Tate in October 2011

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Overview
Girder bridge over US 51 on Penn Central Railroad in Cairo
Location
Cairo, Alexander County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1917
Builder
- King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 43.0 ft.
Total length: 66.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.01917, -89.18472   (decimal degrees)
37°01'09" N, 89°11'05" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/305647/4099230 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Cairo
Inventory numbers
IL 002-9906 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 49778 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
6,300

Categories 

Alexander County, Illinois (27)
Built 1917 (395)
Built during 1910s (6,729)
Cairo, Illinois (10)
Deck girder (1,795)
Girder (3,228)
Have street view (9,880)
Illinois (2,498)
 King Bridge Co. (160)
Open (28,297)
Penn Central Railroad (36)
Plate girder (2,243)
Railroad (4,059)
Span length 25-50 feet (10,047)
Total length 50-75 feet (6,893)
US 51 (29)

Update Log 

  • September 19, 2012: New photos from J.P.
  • October 8, 2011: Added by Ben Tate

Sources 

  • Ben Tate - benji5221 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Penn Central Bridge
Posted September 16, 2012, by James McCray (jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Saw this bridge yesterday. Took photos. Noticed that this bridge was listed without a known builder. When looking at the bridge yesterday J.P. and I found the bridge plaques, lo and behold, the bridge plaques revealed that this bridge is a product of the King Iron Bridge Company!