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Wabash Railroad Bridge #1043A - LaGrange Rd. Overpass

Cook County, Illinois

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Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over US Hwy. 45/S. LaGrange Rd. on Wabash, later N&W, now NS/Metra
Location
Orland Park, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1923, Replaced 2013
Railroads
- Metra (METX)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Wabash Railroad (WAB)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 50.0 ft.
Total length: 51.4 ft.
Deck width: 29.0 ft.
Also called
Wabash Railroad Bridge #1043A
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.63542, -87.85394   (decimal degrees)
41°38'08" N, 87°51'14" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/428875/4609651 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Palos Park
Inventory number
BH 64724 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1923 (641)
Built during 1920s (10,254)
Cook County, Illinois (490)
Deck girder (6,298)
Girder (11,159)
Illinois (4,926)
Lost (28,366)
Lost 2013 (381)
Lost during 2010s (3,599)
 Metra (99)
Norfolk Southern Railway (2,093)
Orland Park, Illinois (5)
Owned by railroad (13,481)
Plate girder (8,714)
Replaced by new bridge (19,291)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,414)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,563)
Wabash Railroad (591)

Update Log 

  • May 5, 2015: Updated by John Marvig: Replaced 2013
  • December 15, 2014: Added by James Holzmeier

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