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UP - Sanitation Road Overpass

Peoria County, Illinois

Photos 

Photo taken by Steve Conro in September 2012

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BH Photo #239591

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Street View 

Description 

Two track through truss with only one track remaining. Older maps show this as belonging to the TP&W. Build date provided by C&NW bridge records at the Chicago & North Western Railway Historical Society archives

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over TP&W Ry and Sanitation Rd on Union Pacific Railway in Bartonville
Location
Bartonville, Peoria County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1913
Railroads
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Toledo, Peoria, & Western Railroad (TPW)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
5 span through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 120.0 ft.
Total length: 655.0 ft.
Also called
C&NW Bridge #1709
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.65111, -89.64560   (decimal degrees)
40°39'04" N, 89°38'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/276319/4503394 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Peoria West
Inventory number
BH 38217 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bartonville, Illinois (6)
Built 1913 (858)
Built during 1910s (9,632)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,404)
Have street view (26,946)
Illinois (4,647)
Lattice through truss (554)
Lattice truss (586)
Open (39,882)
Owned by railroad (12,422)
 Peoria County, Illinois (92)
Quadrangular lattice through truss (181)
Railroad (15,412)
Skewed (4,906)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,394)
Through truss (15,060)
Toledo, Peoria, & Western Railroad (29)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,871)
Truss (32,782)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,373)

Update Log 

  • April 12, 2017: New photos from John Marvig
  • July 19, 2015: New photos from John Marvig
  • July 8, 2015: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • October 9, 2013: New Street View added by Luke Harden
  • September 18, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Railroad", "Toledo, Peoria, & Western Railroad", "Union Pacific Railroad"
  • September 18, 2012: Updated by Steve Conro: Added categories "Skewed", "Chicago & North Western Railway"
  • July 5, 2010: Updated by Nathan Holth: Updated bridge type and GPS.
  • November 23, 2008: Added by Kim Harvey

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