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UP - Prairie Alley Bridge

Cook County, Illinois

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UP Prairie Alley Bridge

Overview

Photo taken by John Marvig in June 2015

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BH Photo #331877

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Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Canadian Pacific Railway on Union Pacific Railroad
Location
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1909
Railroads
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Canadian Pacific Railway (CP)
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW)
- Metra (METX)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 90.0 ft.
Total length: 235.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.88797, -87.64091   (decimal degrees)
41°53'17" N, 87°38'27" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/446828/4637536 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Chicago Loop
Inventory number
BH 68363 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Amtrak (574)
Built 1909 (805)
Built during 1900s (7,687)
Canadian Pacific Railway (581)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,451)
Chicago, Illinois (332)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (1,111)
Concrete girder (1,079)
Cook County, Illinois (491)
Deck girder (6,343)
Girder (11,236)
 Grade Separated Rail Crossing (422)
Have street view (29,290)
Illinois (4,947)
Metra (99)
Open (41,013)
Owned by railroad (13,592)
Plate girder (8,782)
Railroad (16,549)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,680)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,532)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,480)

Update Log 

  • July 14, 2015: New photos from John Marvig
  • July 8, 2015: New Street View added by Ian Martin
  • July 8, 2015: Added by John Marvig

Sources 

  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Ian Martin

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