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Blue Island Yard Bridges

Cook County, Illinois

Photos 

Oblique View Of All Five Bridges

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #130936

Map 

Street Views 

Facts 

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
Railroads
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (CRIP (1866-1920); RI (1920-1975) ROCK (1975-1980))
- Grand Trunk Western Railroad (GTW)
- Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad (IHB)
- Iowa Interstate Railroad (IAIS)
- Iowa Railroad (IRRC)
Design
Camelback through truss, each 200 feet in length
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 200.0 ft.
Also called
IHB - Blue Island Yard Bridge
RI - Blue Island Yard Bridge
IAIS - Blue Island Yard Bridge
CN - Blue Island Yard Bridge
CSX - Blue Island Yard Bridge
BNSF - Blue Island Yard Bridge
GTW - Blue Island Yard Bridge
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)
Quadrangle map:
Blue Island
Inventory number
BH 38158 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

BNSF Railway (1,514)
Blue Island, Illinois (7)
Built 1935 (1,451)
Built during 1930s (11,750)
CSX Railroad (1,663)
Calumet-Sag Channel (22)
Camelback truss (372)
Canadian National Railway (513)
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad (1,113)
Cook County, Illinois (457)
Grand Trunk Western Railroad (22)
HAER documented (1,106)
 Have street view (26,959)
Illinois (4,650)
Indiana Harbor Belt Railroad (18)
Iowa Interstate Railroad (187)
Iowa Railroad (35)
Open (39,899)
Owned by railroad (12,432)
Railroad (15,439)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,989)
Through truss (15,089)
Truss (32,817)

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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