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UP - I-80 Overpass

Cook County, Illinois

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Overview
Steel stringer bridge over Interstates 294 & 80 on Union Pacific Railroad
Location
Thornton, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1958
Builder
- McClintic-Marshall Co. of Chicago, Illinois & Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Railroads
- Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad (CEI)
- Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP; MoPac)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Steel stringer
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 65.9 ft.
Total length: 191.0 ft.
Also called
MoPac - I-80 Overpass
CEI - I-80 Overpass
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.57949, -87.61205   (decimal degrees)
41°34'46" N, 87°36'43" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/448979/4603270 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Calumet City
Inventory numbers
IL 016-9723 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 62293 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (14,372)
Built 1958 (342)
Built during 1950s (3,678)
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad (41)
Cook County, Illinois (428)
Have street view (25,405)
Illinois (4,470)
Interstate 294 (1)
Interstate 80 (15)
McClintic-Marshall Co. (72)
 Missouri Pacific Railroad (317)
Open (38,211)
Railroad (14,365)
South Holland, Illinois (1)
Span length 50-75 feet (9,601)
Steel stringer (5,617)
Thornton, Illinois (1)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,059)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,161)

Update Log 

  • August 4, 2014: New Street View added by Luke

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  • Luke

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