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UP - Mackinaw River Bridge
Photos
Photo taken by Steve Conro in September 2022
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BH Photo #540439
Description
Maps say IMRR but signage at site say Union Pacific
Facts
- Overview
- Pony plate girder bridge over Mackinaw River on Illinois Midland Railway SW of Pekin
- Location
- Tazewell County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- Builder
- - American Bridge Co. of New York
- Railroads
- - Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway (C&IM)
- Illinois & Midland Railroad (IMRR)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
- Design
- Pony through truss w/timber trestle approaches
- Dimensions
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Total length: 300.0 ft.
- Also called
- Chicago & Illinois Midland Mackinaw River Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +40.48649, -89.72825 (decimal degrees)
40°29'11" N, 89°43'42" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/268764/4485330 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- South Pekin
- Inventory number
- BH 50900 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- September 6, 2022: New photos from Steve Conro
- January 6, 2013: Updated by Steve Conro: Added category "Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway"
- January 11, 2012: Added by Steve Conro