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Wabash Railroad Bridge #1249E

Livingston County, Illinois

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Wabash Railroad Bridge #1249E

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BH Photo #309841

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Description 

Bridge is still in-place, although the white frame railings on either side, which the bridge had in the 1950's, have been removed.

Facts 

Overview
Timber stringer bridge over Unknown ditch on Wabash, later N&W, later NS Railway
Location
Forrest, Livingston County, Illinois
Status
Derelict/abandoned
History
Built 1895
Railroads
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Wabash Railroad (WAB)
Design
16' long (10' wide) Timber stringer bridge with white frame railings
Dimensions
Span length: 16.0 ft.
Total length: 16.0 ft.
Deck width: 17.2 ft.
Also called
Wabash Railroad Bridge #1249E
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.74948, -88.40480   (decimal degrees)
40°44'58" N, 88°24'17" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/381405/4511896 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Forrest South
Inventory number
BH 64788 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,626)
Beam (15,803)
Built 1895 (277)
Built during 1890s (2,996)
Closed (2,663)
Forrest, Illinois (10)
Have street view (27,066)
Illinois (4,686)
 Livingston County, Illinois (105)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1,948)
Owned by railroad (12,498)
Span length under 25 feet (6,908)
Timber stringer (4,028)
Total length under 25 feet (2,505)
Wabash Railroad (575)

Update Log 

  • December 31, 2014: New photo from James Holzmeier
  • December 16, 2014: New Street View added by James Holzmeier

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