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GWWR Illinois River Bridge

Greene County, Illinois, and Pike County, Illinois
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East Approach

Photo taken by Nathan Morton in Sept. 07

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Illinois River on Kansas City Southern Railway (former GWWR and Chicago & Alton) Railroad
Location
Greene County, Illinois, and Pike County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
Design
Main span: Polygonal Warren through truss vertical lift
Also called
Alton Rail Bridge
Pearl Railroad Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.45757, -90.61052   (decimal degrees)
39°27'27" N, 90°36'38" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/705581/4370281 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Pearl
Inventory number
BH 38084 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Chicago & Alton Railroad (8)
Greene County, Illinois (5)
Illinois (2,499)
Illinois River (46)
Kansas City Southern Railway (115)
Movable (1,355)
Open (28,316)
Owned by railroad (4,045)
 Pike County, Illinois (39)
Polygonal Warren through truss (301)
Polygonal Warren truss (739)
Through truss (9,209)
Truss (23,573)
Vertical lift (275)
Warren truss (3,960)

Update Log 

  • January 2, 2013: New photo from Steve Conro
  • March 1, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Added GPS coordinates
  • January 1, 2010: Updated by Joe Virruso: Added common bridge name
  • February 10, 2009: New photo from David Birckhead
  • November 14, 2008: Added by Nathan Morton

Sources 

  • Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • David Birckhead
  • Joe Virruso - virrusofamily [at] att [dot] net
  • Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com

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