UP - Post Creek Cutoff Bridge

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Overview

Abandoned deck girder bridge over Post Creek Cutoff on former UP/ Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad

Location

Pulaski County, Illinois, and Johnson County, Illinois

Status

Abandoned

History

Built ca. 1916 to span the newly created Post Creek Cutoff; main span replaced 1956 by the Bethlehem Steel Co.

Builder

- Bethlehem Steel Co. of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Railroads

- Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad (CEI)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)

Design

Deck plate girder

Also called

C&EI - Post Creek Cutoff Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+37.29173, -88.95305   (decimal degrees)
37°17'30" N, 88°57'11" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/326882/4129024 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Karnak

Inventory number

BH 42351 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• December 30, 2018: Found plaque for Bethlehem Steel Co. 1956
• August 9, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
• April 15, 2009: Added by Nathan Morton

Sources 

• Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Frank Hicks

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