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Wabash Railroad Bridge #1021

Cook County, Illinois

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Overview
Steel stringer bridge over overflow ditch on Wabash, later N&W, now NS/Metra
Location
Oak Lawn, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Open to rail traffic
History
Original 70' pile trestle bridge at this location built 1880; replaced 1929 with this bridge
Railroads
- Metra (METX)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Wabash Railroad (WAB)
Design
Steel stringer
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 27.0 ft.
Total length: 30.4 ft.
Deck width: 26.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.71536, -87.75913   (decimal degrees)
41°42'55" N, 87°45'33" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/436851/4618452 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Palos Park
Inventory number
BH 64741 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (16,883)
Built 1929 (1,058)
Built during 1920s (10,256)
Cook County, Illinois (490)
Have street view (28,900)
Illinois (4,929)
Metra (99)
Norfolk Southern Railway (2,094)
 Oak Lawn, Illinois (1)
Open (40,969)
Owned by railroad (13,500)
Span length 25-50 feet (16,220)
Steel stringer (6,713)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,499)
Wabash Railroad (592)

Update Log 

  • December 15, 2014: New Street View added by James Holzmeier

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