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Blue Island Railroad Yard Bridges

Cook County, Illinois
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Oblique View Of All Five Bridges

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

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Overview
5 different Camelback Pratt through truss bridges on several different railroads crossing Cal Sag Channel
Location
Blue Island, Cook County, Illinois
Status
4 wider spans still in use by railroad, a 5th narrower span not used at this time
History
Built in 1935, rebuit in 1964-65
Design
Camelback through truss, each 200 feet in length
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 200.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.65201, -87.68742   (decimal degrees)
41°39'07" N, 87°41'15" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/442759/4611368 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Blue Island
Inventory number
BH 38158 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Blue Island, Illinois (7)
Built 1935 (1,457)
Built during 1930s (8,553)
Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway (465)
CSX Railroad (581)
Camelback truss (232)
Canadian National Railway (169)
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (335)
Cook County, Illinois (167)
Grand Trunk Western Railroad (4)
HAER documented (781)
 Have street view (9,889)
Illinois (2,499)
Indiana Habor Belt Railroad (1)
Iowa Interstate Railroad (90)
Open (28,309)
Owned by railroad (4,039)
Railroad (4,070)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,483)
Through truss (9,205)
Truss (23,566)

Update Log 

  • September 26, 2012: New photos from Steve Conro
  • July 23, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Canadian National Railway", "Iowa Interstate Railroad", "Indiana Habor Belt Railroad", "CSX Railroad", "Grand Trunk Western Railroad"
  • September 2, 2011: New Street View added by Luke Harden
  • August 6, 2011: New photo from Luke Harden
  • February 27, 2010: Updated by Kim Harvey: GPS
  • December 28, 2008: Updated by Kim Harvey: HAER report, corrected truss type
  • November 20, 2008: Updated by Kim Harvey
  • November 18, 2008: Added by Kim Harvey

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