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KCS - Rowe Street Bridge #2

Greene County, Illinois

Photos 

Looking East

Photo taken by Daniel Barnes in May 2017

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BH Photo #390044

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Timber stringer Bridge over Rowe Street on Kansas City Southern Railway
Location
Greene County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1927
Railroads
- Chicago & Alton Railroad (C&A)
- Gateway Western Railroad (GWWR)
- Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad (GMO)
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
- Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS)
Design
Timber stringer
Dimensions
Span length: 34.0 ft.
Total length: 34.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.48062, -90.37580   (decimal degrees)
39°28'50" N, 90°22'33" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/725704/4373401 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Roodhouse West
Inventory number
BH 70773 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (15,398)
Built 1927 (849)
Built during 1920s (9,807)
Chicago & Alton Railroad (89)
Gateway Western Railroad (35)
Greene County, Illinois (33)
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad (109)
Illinois (4,601)
 Illinois Central Railroad (577)
Kansas City Southern Railway (224)
Open (39,668)
Owned by railroad (12,253)
Railroad (15,307)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,474)
Timber stringer (3,974)
Total length 25-50 feet (11,047)

Update Log 

  • December 10, 2019: Updated by John Marvig: added information
  • May 13, 2017: New photos from Daniel Barnes
  • February 5, 2016: Added by Elliott Johnson

Sources 

  • Elliott Johnson - elliottsgon15 [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Daniel Barnes
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
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KCS - Rowe Street Bridge #2
Posted December 10, 2019, by George A Oakley (Georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

I got a good laugh out of the littering sign in picture #9.Somebody has a sense of humor and it's true.