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Illinois River P&PU Railroad Bridge

Peoria County, Illinois
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Overview
Lost Through truss bridge over Illinois River on former Peoria and Pekin Union Railroad in Peoria
Location
Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by new bridge
Design
Pratt through truss with one swing span
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 300.0 ft.
Total length: 1,025.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.68452, -89.59348   (decimal degrees)
40°41'04" N, 89°35'37" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/280836/4506971 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Peoria East
Inventory number
BH 47608 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Illinois (2,499)
Illinois River (46)
Lost (10,362)
Movable (1,355)
Navigable waterway (1,448)
Peoria & Pekin Union Railway (2)
Peoria County, Illinois (53)
Peoria, Illinois (23)
 Pratt through truss (3,166)
Pratt truss (5,660)
Replaced by new bridge (7,135)
Span length 250-500 feet (863)
Swing (534)
Through truss (9,209)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,215)
Truss (23,573)

Update Log 

  • December 14, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Navigable waterway", "Peoria & Pekin Union Railway"
  • January 10, 2011: Added by Jacob P. Bernard

Sources 

  • Jacob P. Bernard - jacob_bernard [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Illinois River P&PU Railroad Bridge
Posted December 31, 2012, by David P. Jordan (dpj1974 [at] mediacombb [dot] net)

Another possibility is that the bridge is the P&PU's Pekin Bridge. So while the railroad could be correct, the location is not. Also, P&PU permanently abandoned its Pekin Bridge before 1897.

Illinois River P&PU Railroad Bridge
Posted December 31, 2012, by David P. Jordan (dpj1974 [at] mediacombb [dot] net)

That is not the Peoria & Pekin Union Railway (now Tazewell & Peoria Railroad) bridge. It may be the Peoria Terminal Co. bridge that closed in early 1973 and was dismantled in the summer of 1974.