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Wabash Railroad Bridge #1006

Cook County, Illinois

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Overview
Concrete pony/through girder bridge over S. Western Ave. on Wabash, later N&W, now NS/Metra
Location
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Open to rail traffic
History
Built 1930
Railroads
- Metra (METX)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Wabash Railroad (WAB)
Design
Through plate girder spans encased in concrete
Dimensions
Total length: 117.5 ft.
Deck width: 48.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.75735, -87.68302   (decimal degrees)
41°45'26" N, 87°40'59" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/443219/4623061 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Englewood
Inventory number
BH 64742 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1930 (1,694)
Built during 1930s (11,432)
Chicago, Illinois (316)
Concrete girder (974)
Cook County, Illinois (439)
Girder (9,685)
Have street view (26,089)
Illinois (4,537)
 Metra (92)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1,730)
Open (38,979)
Owned by railroad (11,803)
Through girder (3,575)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,068)
Wabash Railroad (561)

Update Log 

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

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