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UP - NS Bridge
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
- Builder
- - King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
- Railroads
- - Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- 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)
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
Sources
- Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Dana and Kay Klein
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
Comments
C&NW / KCS Bridge
here is a photo from 1914 showing the original viaducts with the earthen berm created by dredging the surrounding farmland.
C&NW / KCS Bridge
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
This bridge is over the Norfolk Southern Railway not the KCS. The CNW crosses the KCS approx 3/4 mile south of this bridge.
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here is a plan view of the viaduct and the diamond to the west.