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Photo taken by Kim Harvey in September 2008

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Facts

Overview: Deck plate girder bridge over an old alignment of IL 13 on I.C.& Gulf R.R. in New Athens
Location: New Athens, St. Clair County, Illinois
Status: still in use by railroad
History: Built 1928. Extensive repairs made by the railroad in Fall 2008.
Design: Deck plate girder
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 44.0 ft.
Total length: 47.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.31583, -89.86167 (decimal degrees)
38°18'57" N, 89°51'42" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/249810/4244733 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: New Athens East
Inventory number: BH 37435 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Average daily traffic (as of 2003): 1,050

Update Log

November 16, 2008: Updated by Kim Harvey
September 25, 2008: Updated by Kim Harvey
September 16, 2008: Added by Kim Harvey

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Comments

New Athens Railroad Viaduct

Posted August 5, 2010, by steve mueller (smueller [at] siu [dot] edu)

The railroad information should be corrected. Bridge was built by the Illinois Central[later the Illinois Central Gulf after merger with the Gulf, Mobile & Ohio in 1972] and is currently used by the Canadian National railroad.