UP - Gage Junction Bridge

Photos 

Overview

Photo taken by James Baughn in February 2013

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BH Photo #247967

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Through truss railroad bridge over the Kaskaskia River just above the Lock and Dam northwest of Chester

Location

Randolph County, Illinois

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1976

Railroads

- Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP; MoPac)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)

Design

Warren through truss with a Camelback profile

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 240.0 ft.
Total length: 1,379.0 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+37.99723, -89.95238   (decimal degrees)
37°59'50" N, 89°57'09" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/240751/4209621 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Kaskaskia

Inventory number

BH 15627 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• September 4, 2017: New photo from James Baughn
• May 12, 2016: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
• February 2, 2013: New photos from James Baughn
• March 23, 2009: Updated by Kim Harvey: added GPS coordinates from terraserver
• December 18, 2008: New photo from Nathan Morton
• July 10, 2005: Posted additional photo from Brian Frierdich

Related Bridges 

• MoPac - Gage Junction Swing Bridge (Predecessor)

Sources 

• Brian Frierdich - railtrekker [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Kim Harvey
• John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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