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KBSR - Iroquois Junction Bridge
Photos
An assortment of bridge types in one location.
Photo taken by Tom Hall in July 2006
BH Photo #145953
Facts
- Overview
- Railroad bridge over U.S. 52 on Kankakee, Beaverville and Southern Railroad south of Donovan
- Location
- Iroquois County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1924, US-52 Spans Added 1934
- Builder
- - American Bridge Co. of New York
- Railroads
- - Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW)
- Kankakee, Beaverville & Southern Railroad (KBSR)
- Design
- From south to north:
Timber stringer
Pratt pony truss
Deck plate girder
Timber stringer
Deck plate girder - Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.85951, -87.60526 (decimal degrees)
40°51'34" N, 87°36'19" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/448988/4523338 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Sheldon
- Inventory numbers
- 038-0106
BH 43334 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- June 22, 2022: New photos from John Marvig
- March 28, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Railroad"
- April 3, 2011: New photo from Jacob P. Bernard
- February 26, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Added GPS coordinates
- September 7, 2009: Added by Tom Hall
Sources
- Tom Hall - thomas [dot] hall [at] ffni [dot] com
- Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Jacob P. Bernard
- Railway Age - Google Books
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
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State structure number 038-0106. US Rt 52 had not been built at the time the railroad cnstructed this bridge. When US 52 was built the north abutment was relocated and the two spans over the roadway were added.