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Valley City Rail Bridge

Scott County, Illinois, and Pike County, Illinois
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East Approach

Photo taken by Nathan Morton in Sept. 07

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Overview
Cantilevered through truss bridge over Illinois River on Norfolk Southern Railroad (formerly Wabash Railroad)
Location
Scott County, Illinois, and Pike County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
replaced an earlier through truss swing bridge that was just upstream and another bridge at Meredosia
Design
Main span: Polygonal Warren vertical-lift through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.70333, -90.64614   (decimal degrees)
39°42'12" N, 90°38'46" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/701802/4397479 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Griggsville
Inventory number
BH 37298 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1959 (193)
Built during 1950s (2,383)
Cantilevered (242)
Cantilevered truss (222)
Illinois (2,500)
Illinois River (46)
Movable (1,356)
Norfolk Southern Railway (453)
Open (28,320)
 Owned by railroad (4,052)
Pike County, Illinois (39)
Polygonal Warren through truss (300)
Polygonal Warren truss (738)
Pony truss (13,217)
Scott County, Illinois (20)
Truss (23,575)
Vertical lift (275)
Warren truss (3,961)

Update Log 

  • February 21, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Added GPS coordinates
  • November 14, 2008: New photo from Nathan Morton
  • August 24, 2008: Added by Kim Harvey

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