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UP - NS Bridge

Sangamon County, Illinois

Photos 

Photo taken by Steve Conro in March 2015

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BH Photo #320185

Map 

Street Views 

Facts 

Overview
Abandoned pony/through plate girder bridge over Norfolk Southern Railway & Industrial Dr on abandoned Union Pacific Railroad
Location
Sangamon County, Illinois
Status
Derelict/abandoned
History
Built 1912
Builders
- Cleary-White Construction Co. of Chicago, Illinois (Substructure)
- King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio (Superstructure)
Railroads
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Wabash Railroad (WAB)
Design
Pony plate girder over KCS and deck plate over Industrial Dr
Also called
C&NW Bridge #1882
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.74380, -89.76112   (decimal degrees)
39°44'38" N, 89°45'40" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/263416/4402968 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Loami
Inventory number
BH 66830 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,944)
Built 1912 (880)
Built during 1910s (10,025)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,451)
Cleary-White Construction Co. (34)
Deck girder (6,344)
Girder (11,237)
Grade Separated Rail Crossing (422)
Have street view (29,290)
Illinois (4,947)
 King Bridge Co. (445)
Norfolk Southern Railway (2,101)
Owned by railroad (13,593)
Plate girder (8,783)
Railroad (16,550)
Sangamon County, Illinois (109)
Through girder (4,215)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,480)
Wabash Railroad (593)

Update Log 

  • April 29, 2019: Updated by John Marvig: Updated information
  • January 13, 2019: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
  • March 30, 2015: Added by Steve Conro

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C&NW / KCS Bridge
Posted April 29, 2019, by Tim (springfieldbridges [at] gmail [dot] com)

here is a plan view of the viaduct and the diamond to the west.

C&NW / KCS Bridge
Posted April 29, 2019, by Tim (springfieldbridges [at] gmail [dot] com)

here is a photo from 1914 showing the original viaducts with the earthen berm created by dredging the surrounding farmland.

C&NW / KCS Bridge
Posted April 29, 2019, by Tim (springfieldbridges [at] gmail [dot] com)

C.P. & St.L. diamond with the Wabash just west of this bridge. The C.P. & St. L. was abandoned in 1925 per the referenced document here. C&NW decided to build over the top of both railroads.

https://www.labellemodels.com/manuals/Chicago,%20Springfield...

C&NW / KCS Bridge
Posted April 29, 2019, by Tim (springfieldbridges [at] gmail [dot] com)

This bridge is over the Norfolk Southern Railway not the KCS. The CNW crosses the KCS approx 3/4 mile south of this bridge.