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I & M Canal access road

La Salle County, Illinois
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Gene Smania 2010

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Description 

Originally carried US 51 over Rock Island RR at south city limits of La Salle, Illinois. Became local access to business and I & M Canal when US 51 (now Illinois Rt 351) reconstructed to east about 1956. Transferred to DNR about 1980 for access to parking lot for I & M Canal--roadway no longer crossed canal. Parking lot and bridge closed about 2000. Bridge removed October 2010.

Facts 

Overview
Bridge on Old US 51/I & M Canal parking lot access
Location
La Salle, La Salle County, Illinois
Status
Demolished
Design
Steel thru-girder, single span, stringer & floor beam system, sidewalk cantilevered from west girder
Also called
Original US 51 bridge over Rock Island RR @ La Salle, Illinois
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.32715, -89.09472   (decimal degrees)
41°19'38" N, 89°05'41" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/324700/4577191 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
La Salle
Inventory numbers
050-0138
BH 51120 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Illinois (2,501)
La Salle County, Illinois (50)
La Salle, Illinois (5)
Lost (10,496)
Lost 2010 (255)
Lost during 2010s (706)

Update Log 

  • January 14, 2013: Updated by Gene Smania: ICRR changed to Rock Island RR, Br inventory # added
  • January 28, 2012: Added by Gene Smania
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I & M Canal access road
Posted January 7, 2013, by Brian J. Patterson

This bridge actually crossed the former Rock Island main line, NOT the Illinois Central! The track pictured is still in place. It is owned by International Mining, and leased to the CSX Railroad. CSX, in turn, has given trackage rights to the Iowa Interstate, who own the line west of Wyanet, Illinois.