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CN - IL72 Overpass

De Kalb County, Illinois

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Photo taken by Steve Conro in November 2011

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BH Photo #221249

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Overview
Plate girder bridge over IL 72 on the Illinois Central Railroad (now CNRR) in Genoa
Location
Genoa, De Kalb County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1922
Railroads
- Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
Design
Deck plate girder with 8 span timber stringer approaches
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 62.0 ft.
Total length: 170.0 ft.
Also called
IC - IL72 Overpass
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.09792, -88.70295   (decimal degrees)
42°05'53" N, 88°42'11" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/359179/4662051 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Genoa
Inventory numbers
IL 019-9901 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15194 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (15,715)
Built 1932 (963)
Built during 1930s (11,749)
Canadian National Railway (510)
De Kalb County, Illinois (65)
Deck girder (5,744)
Genoa, Illinois (5)
Girder (10,233)
Have street view (26,946)
 Illinois (4,647)
Illinois Central Railroad (582)
Open (39,882)
Owned by railroad (12,422)
Plate girder (7,922)
Railroad (15,412)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,073)
Timber stringer (4,017)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,920)

Update Log 

  • May 17, 2010: New Street View added by Nathan Holth

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