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BNSF - Downtown Aurora Overpass
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New York St
Photo taken by Steve Conro in December 2011
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BH Photo #221423
Description
BNSF mainline crosses through and over downtown Aurora on a long staggered concrete slab supported by hundreds of concrete columns. It spans 2000' from New York St to Clark Ave. Crossing over New York St, Galena Blvd, Downer Pl, Benton, Broadway and Clark.
Facts
- Overview
- Slab bridge over Downtown Aurora on BNSF (former CB&Q)
- Location
- Aurora, Kane County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- Railroads
- - BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CBQ)
- Design
- 2000' Concrete slab with concrete columns and newer steel columns added for additional support
- Dimensions
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Total length: 2,000.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.75634, -88.31233 (decimal degrees)
41°45'23" N, 88°18'44" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/390901/4623555 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Aurora North
- Inventory number
- BH 50441 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- May 27, 2022: New Street View added by Paul Plassman
- October 18, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Addded categories
- December 6, 2011: Added by Steve Conro
Sources
- Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Luke
- Paul Plassman