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Soo Line Railroad Des Plaines River Bridge

Cook County, Illinois
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Photo taken by Steve Conro in March 2012

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Description 

Two track bridge with one track abandoned. Doesn't appear to get much use, rails very rusted

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Overview
Through truss bridge over Des Plaines River on CNRR (former Soo Line RR)
Location
River Forest, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 140.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.90402, -87.83202   (decimal degrees)
41°54'14" N, 87°49'55" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/430990/4639454 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
River Forest
Inventory number
BH 51771 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Canadian National Railway (169)
Cook County, Illinois (167)
Illinois (2,499)
Open (28,309)
Pratt through truss (3,166)
Pratt truss (5,658)
 River Forest, Illinois (6)
Soo Line Railroad (127)
Through truss (9,205)
Total length 125-175 feet (4,136)
Truss (23,566)

Update Log 

  • March 21, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Canadian National Railway"
  • March 21, 2012: Updated by Steve Conro: Added category "Soo Line Railroad"

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Soo Line RR Des Plaines River Bridge
Posted March 21, 2012, by Steve Conro (sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Thanks Gary, I hadn't thought of that. I'll include that info on the others on this stretch.

Soo Line Des Plaines River Bridge
Posted March 21, 2012, by Gary Sprandel (jaidite [at] aol [dot] com)

Since the merger of the EJ&E that is one very,very dead piece of railroad.