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CSX - Salt Creek Bridge

Effingham County, Illinois

Photos 

Photo taken by Robert Stephenson in March 2009

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BH Photo #135019

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Salt Creek on Vandalia Railroad (Now CSX)
Location
Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1910
Railroads
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
- Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago, & St. Louis Railroad (PCC&StL)
- Vandalia Railroad (1905-17) (VAND)
Design
Closed-spandrel arch
Also called
Panhandle - Salt Creek Bridge
PC - Salt Creek Bridge
PRR - Salt Creek Bridge
Vandalia - Salt Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.12124, -88.52369   (decimal degrees)
39°07'16" N, 88°31'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/368283/4331336 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Effingham South
Inventory number
BH 39986 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,173)
Built 1910 (1,169)
Built during 1910s (9,677)
CSX Railroad (1,668)
Closed-spandrel arch (4,034)
Deck arch (11,410)
Effingham County, Illinois (37)
Effingham, Illinois (2)
Have street view (27,072)
 Illinois (4,687)
Open (39,986)
Owned by railroad (12,504)
Penn Central Railroad (1,376)
Pennsylvania Railroad (904)
Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago, & St. Louis Railroad (54)
Railroad (15,607)
Vandalia Railroad (1905-17) (11)

Update Log 

  • October 8, 2013: New Street View added by J.P.
  • September 24, 2010: New Street View added by Jacob P. Bernard
  • March 7, 2009: New photos from Robert Stephenson
  • February 24, 2009: Added by Robert Stephenson

Sources 

  • Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Jacob P. Bernard
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com

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