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Desoto Viaduct photo taken from a cell phone. the concrete girder bridge is over the highway. the pony plate girder bridge (not well shown) to the right is over the railroad tracks. the other concrete girder approaches are not shown. Photo taken by Kim Harvey |
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east abutment taken from Oak Street Photo taken by Kim Harvey in September 2008 |
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concrete girder over Oak Street Photo taken by Kim Harvey in September 2008 |
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tried getting a view of the entire viaduct, but trees blocked the view of the Pony plate girder over the railroad tracks Photo taken by Kim Harvey in September 2008 |
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concrete girder over US 51 Photo taken by Kim Harvey in September 2008 |
Facts
- Overview
- Concrete girder and Pony Plate Girder bridge over US 51, CN Railroad, and Oak Street on the Union Pacific Railroad in De Soto
- Location
- Jackson County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to railroad traffic above and vehicle traffic below
- History
- Built 1903
- Design
- 3 span concrete girder (over Oak Street)
1 span pony plate girder (over railroad)
4 span concrete girder (over highway) - Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 68.5 ft.
Total length: 369.6 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +37.82028, -89.22806 (decimal degrees)
37°49'13" N, 89°13'41" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/303893/4188213 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Desoto
- Inventory numbers
- IL 039-9908 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15342 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
- 7,000
Update Log
- September 19, 2008: New photos from Kim Harvey
- September 6, 2008: Updated by Kim Harvey: updated design, added that it also crosses CN railroad tracks
Sources
- Kim Harvey - ayrlieofremora [at] yahoo [dot] com