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Wabash Railroad Bridge #1402

Photo taken by James Holzmeier in November 2014

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)

BH Photo #307834

Overview: Pony/through plate girder bridge over Lizzard Creek on Norfolk Southern Railway
Location: Monticello, Piatt County, Illinois
Status: Open to rail traffic
History: Northbound span erected 1902; southbound span erected 1913. Portion of southbound span dismantled 1987.
Railroads: - Norfolk & Western Railway (NW)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Wabash Railroad (WAB)
Design: Pony plate girder
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 63.0 ft.
Total length: 370.0 ft.
Also called: Monticello "Noiseless Bridge"
N&W - Lizzard Creek Bridge
Wabash - Lizzard Creek Bridge
Wabash Railroad Bridge #1402
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.02768, -88.57602 (decimal degrees)
40°01'40" N, 88°34'34" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/365522/4432019 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Monticello
Inventory number: BH 63999 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

January 24, 2023: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
November 22, 2022: New photos from John Marvig
November 15, 2022: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
February 16, 2015: New photo from James Holzmeier
November 27, 2014: New photo from James Holzmeier
November 8, 2014: Updated by James Holzmeier: Uploaded two additional images of this bridge (postcard views)