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BNSF - Spoon River Bridge

Knox County, Illinois

Photos 

Photo taken by Steve Conro in June 2015

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BH Photo #327968

Map 

Description 

Massive 2 track through truss. I can't over state how huge the frame members were on this structure. Its a marvel of early engineering.

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Spoon RIver on BNSF Railway
Location
Dahinda, Knox County, Illinois
Status
Open
History
Built 1910
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Railroads
- Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (ATSF)
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
Design
Parker through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 230.0 ft.
Total length: 440.0 ft.
Also called
BNSF Dahinda Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.92563, -90.10691   (decimal degrees)
40°55'32" N, 90°06'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/743601/4534531 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Williamsfield
Inventory number
BH 67491 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

9-panel truss (131)
American Bridge Co. (1,263)
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (308)
BNSF Railway (1,155)
Built 1910 (1,062)
Built during 1910s (8,968)
Dahinda, Illinois (3)
Deck girder (4,779)
Girder (8,560)
Illinois (3,976)
Knox County, Illinois (34)
Open (37,194)
 Owned by railroad (10,403)
Parker through truss (1,194)
Parker truss (1,552)
Pin-connected (3,517)
Plate girder (6,568)
Railroad (13,777)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,838)
Spoon River (14)
Through truss (13,183)
Total length 250-500 feet (4,729)
Truss (29,884)

Update Log 

  • April 12, 2017: New photos from John Marvig
  • July 19, 2015: New photos from John Marvig
  • July 8, 2015: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • June 10, 2015: Updated by Royce and Bobette Haley: refined design-to do list
  • June 9, 2015: Updated by Steve Conro: Added categories "BNSF Railway", "Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway"
  • May 10, 2015: Added by Steve Conro

Sources 

  • Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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