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CN - Cache River Bridge (Ullin)

Pulaski County, Illinois

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Photo taken by James Baughn

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BH Photo #232652

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Facts 

Overview
Through Plate girder bridge over Cache River on Illinois Central Canadian National Railway
Location
Pulaski County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1945
Railroads
- Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
Design
Two span plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 80.0 ft.
Total length: 162.0 ft.
Also called
IC - Cache River Bridge (Ullin)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.27344, -89.18560   (decimal degrees)
37°16'24" N, 89°11'08" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/306219/4127445 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Dongola
Inventory number
BH 49901 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1945 (262)
Built during 1940s (3,899)
Cache River (Illinois) (5)
Canadian National Railway (487)
Girder (9,135)
Illinois (4,469)
Illinois Central Railroad (506)
Open (38,203)
 Owned by railroad (11,099)
Plate girder (6,947)
Pulaski County, Illinois (16)
Railroad (14,361)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,176)
Through girder (3,395)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,673)

Update Log 

  • September 18, 2019: Updated by John Marvig: Added information from IC Track Profile
  • May 26, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Illinois Central Railroad", "Railroad"
  • May 26, 2012: New photo from James Baughn
  • October 24, 2011: Added by Nathan Holth

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Ullin Bridge
Posted October 24, 2011, by Nathan Holth (form3 [at] historicbridges [dot] org)

This bridge was the site of the first metal bridge, a Whipple through truss, on the Illinois Central, built 1860. An 1897 through truss replaced it. Based on imagery it looks like a 2 span pony truss is there now. The bridge must date to after 1921 since the through truss still stood in 1921. http://www.archive.org/stream/illinoiscentrale21illi#page/n1...