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CN - Prairie School Road Overpass

Sangamon County, Illinois

Photos 

Photo taken by Steve Conro in March 2014

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BH Photo #281059

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Arch bridge over Prairie School Rd and a branch of Wolf Creek on CN Railway (former Illinois Central)
Location
Sangamon County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic above and below
History
Built 1905
Railroads
- Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
Design
4 span Concrete Arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 18.0 ft.
Total length: 92.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.88749, -89.49272   (decimal degrees)
39°53'15" N, 89°29'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/286861/4418244 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Cornland
Inventory numbers
IL 084-9930 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 60553 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,098)
Built 1905 (799)
Built during 1900s (7,224)
Canadian National Railway (510)
Closed-spandrel arch (3,990)
Deck arch (11,337)
Have street view (26,938)
Illinois (4,647)
 Illinois Central Railroad (582)
Open (39,880)
Owned by railroad (12,415)
Railroad (15,411)
Sangamon County, Illinois (108)
Span length under 25 feet (6,893)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,584)

Update Log 

  • November 22, 2019: New photos from Jack Schmidt
  • May 16, 2016: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
  • March 30, 2014: Updated by Steve Conro: Added categories "Canadian National Railway", "Illinois Central Railroad"

Sources 

  • Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Luke
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net

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