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Salt Fork River Big Four Railroad Bridge

Vermilion County, Illinois
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Overview, looking east from the south bank

Photo taken by Lori Bernard in November 2009

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Concrete arch bridge over Salt Fork Vermilion River on CSX Transportation southwest of Danville
Location
Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1905
Builder
- Bates & Rogers Construction Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Design
Open-spandrel concrete arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 375.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.11572, -87.64671   (decimal degrees)
40°06'57" N, 87°38'48" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/444889/4440801 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Danville SW
Inventory number
BH 37336 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (9,419)
Bates & Rogers Construction Co. (2)
Big Four Railroad (24)
Built 1905 (550)
Built during 1900s (4,247)
CSX Railroad (581)
Closed-spandrel arch (2,760)
Danville, Illinois (35)
Deck arch (8,701)
 Illinois (2,500)
Open (28,314)
Open-spandrel arch (582)
Owned by railroad (4,046)
Railroad (4,075)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,300)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,371)
Vermilion County, Illinois (82)

Update Log 

  • October 18, 2011: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: updated cateogory
  • October 17, 2011: New photos from Jacob P. Bernard
  • August 11, 2011: New photo from Jacob P. Bernard
  • February 9, 2011: New photo from Jacob P. Bernard
  • February 8, 2011: New photo from Jacob P. Bernard
  • February 4, 2011: New photo from Jacob P. Bernard
  • August 21, 2010: New photos from Jacob P. Bernard
  • May 15, 2010: New photo from Jacob P. Bernard
  • March 11, 2010: New photo from Jacob P. Bernard
  • March 7, 2010: New photo from Jacob P. Bernard
  • March 4, 2010: New photo from Jacob P. Bernard
  • February 24, 2010: New photos from Jacob P. Bernard
  • February 22, 2010: New photo from Jacob P. Bernard
  • August 28, 2008: Added by Kim Harvey

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Sources 

  • Kim Harvey
  • Flickr photo
  • Jacob P. Bernard - jacob_bernard [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Mike Roegner
  • Daniel Hopkins - chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net
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Big Four Railroad Bridge
Posted July 22, 2010, by Hank Knuth (Hank [dot] knuth [at] gmail [dot] com)

There exists another nearly identical bridge near Marshall, IL

The date on the bridge is 1909.

Big Four Railroad Bridge
Posted July 22, 2010, by Hank Knuth (Hank [dot] knuth [at] gmail [dot] com)

There exists another nearly identical bridge near Marshall, IL

The date on the bridge is 1909.

Big Four Railroad Bridge
Posted June 1, 2010, by Mike Roegner (roegner [at] soltec [dot] net)

If you like looking at engineering drawings, here's a couple.

The bridge was designed under the supervision of W.M. Duane, Superintendent of Construction for the Big Four, and was built by the Bates & Rogers Construction Company of Chicago.

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