BNSF - West Bureau Creek Bridge

Photos 

Photo taken by Steve Conro in December 2011

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BH Photo #221919

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Deck truss bridge over W Bureau Crk &1500 E Street on BNSF RR near Wyanet

Location

Bureau County, Illinois

Status

Replaced by a new bridge

History

Built 1899 by the Lassig Bridge and Iron Works; Replaced 2014

Builder

- Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois

Railroads

- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CBQ)

Design

7 spans total. Deck truss main span with 3 combination deck plate/stringer approach spans on each end.

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 123.0 ft.
Total length: 320.9 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.36879, -89.57085   (decimal degrees)
41°22'08" N, 89°34'15" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/284987/4582887 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Wyanet

Inventory numbers

IL 006-9934 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 49853 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• March 19, 2015: Updated by Luke: Replaced
• May 26, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Doomed, if not already replaced
• November 27, 2013: New Street View added by Brent Tindall
• July 8, 2012: New photos from Steve Conro
• March 26, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
• March 21, 2012: Updated by Steve Conro: Added categories "Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway", "Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad"
• December 17, 2011: Updated by Steve Conro: Name, design, pictures
• October 17, 2011: Added by J.P.

Related Bridges 

• BNSF - Big Bureau Creek Bridge (Same design) - Same design, builder, year about 4 miles apart.
• BNSF - West Bureau Creek Bridge (new) (Successor)
• CBQ - West Bureau Creek Bridge (Old) (Predecessor)

Sources 

• J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
• Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Brent Tindall - bizzat219 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Luke

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