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EJ&E Sheridan Road/UPRR Bridge

Lake County, Illinois
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Looking North

Photo taken by Steve Conro in February 2012

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Description 

NBI lists length of 122' but that's only the 2 spans over Sheridan Rd. The bridge continues across the old C&NW (now UP) tracks. The old picture from the EJ&E archive site had dates of 1892 & 1903 so part of this may have been built in 1892. The span over the UP tracks has obviously rebuilt sometime as current pics show a larger bridge with newer piers than the old photo.

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Facts 

Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Sheridan Rd/Union Pacific RR on EJ&E RR (now CNRR)
Location
North Chicago, Lake County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1903
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 116.0 ft.
Total length: 240.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.32493, -87.83955   (decimal degrees)
42°19'30" N, 87°50'22" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/430824/4686194 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Waukegan
Inventory numbers
IL 049-0108 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 51169 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Average daily traffic (as of 2009)
15,400

Categories 

Built 1903 (269)
Built during 1900s (4,268)
Girder (3,288)
Illinois (2,501)
Lake County, Illinois (40)
North Chicago, Illinois (3)
Open (28,452)
 Owned by railroad (4,120)
Plate girder (2,285)
Railroad (4,223)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,307)
Through girder (1,147)
Total length 175-250 feet (2,806)

Update Log 

  • February 3, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
  • February 3, 2012: Added by Steve Conro

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EJ&E Sheridan Road/UPRR Bridge
Posted October 10, 2012, by Ricardo X (dalehaworth [at] me [dot] com)

The right-hand lane in this view was at one time the CNS&M (North Shore) Shore Line to Waukegan.