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NS - Huff Rd Bridge

McLean County, Illinois

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Photo taken by Steve Conro in January 2020

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BH Photo #465366

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Abandoned closed-spandrel arch bridge over N Huff Rd on Abandoned Norfolk Southern Railway
Location
Downs, McLean County, Illinois
Status
Derelict/abandoned
History
Built 1910
Railroads
- Conrail (CR)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
Design
Closed-spandrel arch
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.39919, -88.88201   (decimal degrees)
40°23'57" N, 88°52'55" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/340287/4473765 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 87943 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,933)
Arch (12,684)
Built 1910 (1,214)
Built during 1910s (10,014)
Closed-spandrel arch (4,268)
Conrail (1,714)
Deck arch (11,919)
 Downs, Illinois (2)
Illinois (4,947)
McLean County, Illinois (65)
New York Central Railroad (1,001)
Norfolk Southern Railway (2,101)
Owned by railroad (13,566)
Railroad (16,518)

Update Log 

  • January 27, 2020: New photos from Steve Conro

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Abandoned NS - Huff Rd Bridge
Posted January 27, 2020, by John Marvig (marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Awesome job hitting these Steve! I’ve heard rumors that these are to become part of a rail trail and have been formally abandoned by NS.

https://www.wglt.org/post/railroad-clearing-dormant-line-new...

Abandoned NS - Huff Rd Bridge
Posted January 27, 2020, by Steve Conro (sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Copied from Kickapoo Bridge comments.

Posted April 29, 2016, by Patrick Cooney

Line is just mothballed by NS, they still own it.

This was Big Four/P&E, then Penn Central, then Conrail.

Last train ran sometime in 1999 before the CR split between NS and CSX.