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First Valley City Rail Bridge

Scott County, Illinois, and Pike County, Illinois
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Old Wabash Bridge, Valley City, Illinois, circa 1903-1920

Photo taken by Page Hatch

View this photo at museum.state.il.us

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Illinois River on former Wabash Railroad in Valley City
Location
Valley City, Scott County, Illinois, and Pike County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by new bridge just down stream from the original.
Design
1 pony plate girder approach span
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.70421, -90.64606   (decimal degrees)
39°42'15" N, 90°38'46" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/701806/4397577 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Griggsville
Inventory number
BH 38215 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Illinois (2,500)
Illinois River (46)
Lost (10,376)
Lost 1959 (15)
Lost during 1950s (103)
Movable (1,356)
Owned by railroad (4,053)
Pike County, Illinois (39)
Pratt through truss (3,166)
 Pratt truss (5,660)
Replaced by new bridge (7,143)
Scott County, Illinois (20)
Swing (535)
Through truss (9,212)
Truss (23,578)
Valley City, Illinois (2)
Wabash Railroad (42)

Update Log 

  • February 26, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Added GPS coordinates
  • July 17, 2009: Updated by Jeremy Ruble
  • November 23, 2008: Added by Kim Harvey

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First Valley City Rail Bridge
Posted July 17, 2009, by John B. (bridgefan [at] hotmail [dot] com)

It would nice to post what was updated. I think certain people just want their name on every railroad bridge.