Rating:
15608
{78}%
4 votes
KCS - Twin Culvert (S)
Photos
North portal of the south culvert
Photo taken by Fmiser in June 2012
License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)
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BH Photo #234740
Description
The railroad built two embankments through this valley that has a small, intermittent stream that joins Hill Creek. The earlier northern one was abandoned when the southern one was built. The stream and Old Pearl Road, or Township Road 461, share the stone arch culverts, or tunnels. At the culverts the two embankments are approximately 230 ft (70 m) apart. In between the embankments is a cave that is part of the Twin Culverts Cave Nature Preserve.
Facts
- Overview
- Stone arch Bridge over Old Pearl Road on Kansas City Southern Railway
- Location
- Pike County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1889 during a grade reduction
- Railroads
- - Chicago & Alton Railroad (C&A)
- Gateway Western Railroad (GWWR)
- Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad (GMO)
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
- Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS)
- Design
- Stone arch identical to the northern bridge, which carried the rail line between 1870 and 1889
- Dimensions
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Span length: 30.0 ft.
Total length: 30.0 ft.
- Also called
- IC - Twin Tunnels
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.44617, -90.66362 (decimal degrees)
39°26'46" N, 90°39'49" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/701045/4368895 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Pearl West
- Inventory numbers
- IL 075-9909 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15608 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- October 17, 2018: New photos from Jeremy Ruble
- September 27, 2017: New photo from Jeremy Ruble
- June 28, 2016: New photos from John Marvig
- June 23, 2016: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
- July 16, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
- July 13, 2012: Updated by Fmiser: Captioned photos
- July 10, 2012: New photos from Fmiser
- July 8, 2012: Updated by Fmiser: Updated design and description
Sources
- Fmiser - fmiser [at] gmail [dot] com
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Jeremy Ruble - jaruble1982 [at] gmail [dot] com
What year were the twin culverts constructed?