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UP - Mackinaw River Bridge

McLean County, Illinois

Photos 

Photo taken by Steve Conro in March 2015

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BH Photo #320269

Map 

Description 

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Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Mackinaw River on Union Pacific Railway (former Southern Pacific))
Location
McLean County, Illinois
Status
Open
History
Built 1924
Railroads
- Chicago & Alton Railroad (C&A)
- Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad (GMO)
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
- Southern Pacific Railroad (SP)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 75.0 ft.
Total length: 200.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.63194, -88.79893   (decimal degrees)
40°37'55" N, 88°47'56" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/347864/4499455 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Lexington
Inventory number
BH 66838 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1924 (744)
Built during 1920s (9,922)
Chicago & Alton Railroad (90)
Deck girder (5,742)
Girder (10,231)
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad (112)
Illinois (4,647)
Illinois Central Railroad (582)
Mackinaw River (24)
 McLean County, Illinois (60)
Open (39,880)
Owned by railroad (12,415)
Plate girder (7,920)
Railroad (15,411)
Southern Pacific Railroad (661)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,429)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,265)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,372)

Update Log 

  • January 5, 2020: New photo from Thomas Dyrek
  • November 24, 2018: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • July 16, 2015: New photos from John Marvig
  • March 31, 2015: Added by Steve Conro

Sources 

  • Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
  • Thomas Dyrek
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Comments 

UP - Mackinaw River Bridge
Posted November 24, 2018, by Melissa Brand-Welch (melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com)

Luke, would you mind adding the bridge at your convenience ?

UP - Mackinaw River Bridge
Posted November 24, 2018, by Melissa Brand-Welch (melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com)

Thank you ! I will delete the photo.

UP - Mackinaw River Bridge
Posted November 24, 2018, by Luke

Melissa, the predecessor bridge should be its own entry.