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UPRR/IAIS Bridge

Bureau County, Illinois
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Photo taken by Steve Conro in December 2011

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Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Iowa Interstate RR on Union Pacific Railroad (former C&NW)
Location
Bureau County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1910
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Design
Pony plate girder main span with deck plate girder approaches
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 140.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.35832, -89.69108   (decimal degrees)
41°21'30" N, 89°41'28" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/274895/4582029 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Buda
Inventory number
BH 50610 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (449)
Built 1910 (741)
Built during 1910s (6,729)
Bureau County, Illinois (85)
Deck girder (1,800)
Girder (3,237)
Illinois (2,499)
Iowa Interstate Railroad (90)
 Open (28,310)
Owned by railroad (4,039)
Plate girder (2,251)
Railroad (4,070)
Span length 50-75 feet (6,996)
Through girder (1,135)
Total length 125-175 feet (4,137)
Union Pacific Railroad (793)

Update Log 

  • January 28, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Union Pacific Railroad"
  • December 19, 2011: Added by Steve Conro

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