Fairchild Street NS Tunnel

Photos 

Photo taken by Jacob P. Bernard in April 2010

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BH Photo #164310

Map 

Street View 

• Default view

Facts 

Overview

Buried concrete tunnel over Fairchild Street on Norfolk Southern Railroad in Danville

Location

Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois

Status

Filled in

History

Built 1915, buried by fill in 2012-13

Railroads

- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Wabash Railroad (WAB)

Design

Concrete tunnel

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 37.1 ft.
Total length: 40.0 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.13894, -87.61603   (decimal degrees)
40°08'20" N, 87°36'58" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/447522/4443360 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Danville NE

Inventory numbers

IL 092-6002 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 39105 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Update Log 

• May 17, 2011: New photos from Jacob P. Bernard
• May 6, 2010: New photo from Jacob P. Bernard
• February 19, 2010: New photo from Jacob P. Bernard
• February 4, 2009: Added by Robert Stephenson

Related Bridges 

• Fairchild Street NS Overpass (Successor)

Sources 

• Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Jacob P. Bernard

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