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NS - Old US 36 Overpass

Sangamon County, Illinois

Photos 

Photo taken by Elliott Johnson in August 2014

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #292838

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Old US 36 on Norfolk Southern Railroad
Location
Sangamon County, Illinois
History
Built 1952
Railroads
- Illinois Terminal Railroad (IT; ITC)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 67.9 ft.
Total length: 151.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.85222, -89.25861   (decimal degrees)
39°51'08" N, 89°15'31" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/306781/4413796 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Mount Auburn
Inventory numbers
IL 084-0057 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 52163 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1952 (331)
Built during 1950s (3,845)
Continuous (2,484)
Girder (10,238)
Have street view (26,949)
Illinois (4,647)
Illinois Terminal Railroad (48)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1,919)
Owned by railroad (12,424)
 Plate girder (7,927)
Railroad (15,426)
Sangamon County, Illinois (108)
Skewed (4,906)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,076)
Through girder (3,810)
Total length 125-175 feet (5,921)
US 36 (40)
Unknown status (1,496)

Update Log 

  • September 3, 2014: New photos from Elliott Johnson
  • April 21, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Norfolk Southern Railway", "Railroad"
  • April 21, 2012: Added by James Baughn

Sources 

  • Elliott Johnson - elliottsgon15 [at] hotmail [dot] com

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