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UP/NS Overpass

Madison County, Illinois

Photo 

view of the bridge over Union Pacific Railroad tracks from Schien Road crossing

Photo taken by Kim Harvey in November 2008

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BH Photo #127997

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Facts 

Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Union Pacific Railroad on Missouri Pacific Railroad
Location
Worden, Madison County, Illinois
Status
used by railraod traffic
History
Built 1903, still in use
Builder
- Pennsylvania Steel Co. of Steelton, Pennsylvania
Railroads
- Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad (CEI)
- Conrail (CR)
- Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP; MoPac)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- Norfolk & Western Railway (N&W)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Wabash Railroad (WAB)
Design
Pony/through plate girder
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.92179, -89.84445   (decimal degrees)
38°55'18" N, 89°50'40" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/253401/4311945 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Worden
Inventory number
BH 38161 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1903 (526)
Built during 1900s (6,800)
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad (41)
Conrail (1,018)
Girder (9,140)
Grade Separated Rail Crossing (344)
Illinois (4,470)
Madison County, Illinois (124)
Missouri Pacific Railroad (317)
New York Central Railroad (515)
Norfolk & Western Railway (345)
 Norfolk Southern Railway (1,581)
Open (38,218)
Owned by railroad (11,104)
Penn Central Railroad (720)
Pennsylvania Steel Co. (141)
Plate girder (6,949)
Railroad (14,370)
Through girder (3,396)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,163)
Wabash Railroad (554)
Worden, Illinois (5)

Update Log 

  • March 23, 2009: Updated by Kim Harvey: added GPS coordinates from terraserver
  • November 19, 2008: Added by Kim Harvey

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