Wabash - Vermilion River Bridge

Photos 

Bridge is at the bottom left

Illustration by A. Ruger, 1869

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View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #252608

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Lost Deck truss bridge over Vermilion River on former Wabash Railroad in Danville

Location

Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois

Status

Replaced by new bridge

History

Built 1868, replaced in 1929-30

Builder

- Detroit Bridge & Iron Works of Detroit, Michigan

Railroad

- Wabash Railroad (WAB)

Design

Main spans: 197'4" pin-connected, 16-panel Whipple deck truss;
One 14-panel, pin-connected Whipple deck truss
Approaches: Timber stringer (later replaced by iron trestle)

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.11826, -87.63009   (decimal degrees)
40°07'06" N, 87°37'48" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/446307/4441073 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Danville SW

Inventory number

BH 43975 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• September 23, 2015: New photo from Jacob P. Bernard
• July 14, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Wabash Railroad", "Railroad"
• April 20, 2013: New photos from Jacob P. Bernard
• April 7, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Wabash Railroad"
• September 24, 2011: New photo from Jacob P. Bernard
• July 12, 2011: New photos from Jacob P. Bernard
• January 2, 2011: New photo from Jacob P. Bernard
• August 19, 2010: New photos from Jacob P. Bernard
• January 30, 2010: Added by Jacob P. Bernard

Related Bridges 

• NS - Vermilion River Bridge (Successor)

Sources 

• Jacob P. Bernard
• Description of bridge

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