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UP - Kickapoo Creek Viaduct

Peoria County, Illinois

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Photo taken by Howard Keil

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BH Photo #322049

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Kickapoo Creek/ Kickapoo Creek Road/Railroad on Union Pacific Railroad
Location
Bartonville, Peoria County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1912
Builders
- Cleary-White Construction Co. of Chicago, Illinois (Substructure)
- Frankman Bros. Construction Co. of Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
Railroads
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
2 Skewed TPGs
2 skewed Pratt through trusses
7 DPGs
1 TPG
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 140.0 ft.
Total length: 1,075.0 ft.
Also called
UP - Kickapoo Creek Bridge #1
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.66515, -89.65208   (decimal degrees)
40°39'55" N, 89°39'08" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/275818/4504968 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Peoria West
Inventory numbers
IL 072-9908 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 51374 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

8-panel truss (389)
9-panel truss (147)
Bartonville, Illinois (6)
Built 1912 (830)
Built during 1910s (9,678)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,408)
Cleary-White Construction Co. (10)
Curved (463)
Deck girder (5,782)
Frankman Bros. Construction Co. (2)
Girder (10,305)
Grade Separated Rail Crossing (387)
Have street view (27,077)
Illinois (4,688)
Kickapoo Creek (29)
King Bridge Co. (368)
 Open (39,993)
Owned by railroad (12,504)
Peoria County, Illinois (92)
Plate girder (7,989)
Pratt through truss (5,431)
Pratt truss (9,353)
Railroad (15,612)
Riveted (2,186)
Skewed (4,917)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,236)
Through girder (3,843)
Through truss (15,201)
Total length 1000-2500 feet (1,889)
Truss (32,992)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,375)

Update Log 

  • March 3, 2020: Updated by Luke: Added builder
  • April 20, 2016: New photos from Steve Conro
  • July 19, 2015: New photos from John Marvig
  • July 8, 2015: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • April 11, 2015: Updated by Luke: Addedimagery posted by Howard Keil
  • October 19, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Merged NBI data
  • February 21, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Union Pacific Railroad", "Chicago & North Western Railway"

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UP - Kickapoo Creek Viaduct
Posted March 3, 2020, by Tim (springfieldbridges [at] gmail [dot] com)

photo from 1911-1913 construction period

UP - Kickapoo Creek Viaduct
Posted March 3, 2020, by Tim (springfieldbridges [at] gmail [dot] com)

Elevation from 1914 article on construction

UP - Kickapoo Creek Viaduct
Posted October 17, 2016, by Bill (kutz_bill [at] hotmail [dot] com)

My Father grew up near this bridge, (well Starr and Folkers) and they used to get on top and see if the steam locomotives could blow them off. If the engineers would see them, they'd stop most of the steam going out the stack, and the cops would come and chase them away. Kickapoo Creek was deep enough that they'd dive off the bridge into the water. So damm dangerous! The last time I checked the creek was about 8 inches deep under the "temporary" bridge they put up for construction purposes under the RR bridge.

UP - Kickapoo Creek Road Overpass
Posted April 11, 2015, by Luke

Lovely shots!

UP - Kickapoo Creek Road Overpass
Posted April 11, 2015, by Howard Keil (Howardkk [at] comcast [dot] net)

Now missing plaques from concrete piers on Peoria side

UP - Kickapoo Creek Road Overpass
Posted April 11, 2015, by Howard Keil (Howardkk [at] comcast [dot] net)

Slide scan 1956- from other direction-Peoria side headed toward Creek Road