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Wabash Railroad Bridge #123 (new)

Panoramic shot; view looking north from US Hwy 36

Photo taken by James Holzmeier in November 2014

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)

BH Photo #308683

Overview: Bridge over Stevens Creek on Wabash, later N&W, Railroad
Location: Decatur, Macon County, Illinois
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1960 to replace the second of three different spans at this location
Railroads: - Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Wabash Railroad (WAB)
Design: Deck plate girder on masonry T-abutments (old masonry abutments from 1922 bridge, covered with concrete)
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 39.3 ft.
Total length: 227.3 ft.
Deck width: 13.0 ft.
Also called: Wabash - Stevens Creek Bridge (New)
Wabash Railroad Bridge #123 (new)
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.84735, -88.99226 (decimal degrees)
39°50'50" N, 88°59'32" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/329556/4412713 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Decatur
Inventory number: BH 63965 (Bridgehunter.com ID)