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EJ&E - Sanitary Canal Bridge (Old)

Will County, Illinois

Photo 

EJ&E - Sanitary Canal Bridge (Old)

1906 view

Photo from Industrialscenery

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

View this photo at industrialscenery.blogspot.com

BH Photo #461092

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Bridge over Sanitary Canal on Elgin Joliet & Eastern RR
Location
Lockport, Will County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Replaced 1934
Railroad
- Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway (EJE)
Design
Parker through truss
Also called
Bridge 198
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.55561, -88.07744   (decimal degrees)
41°33'20" N, 88°04'39" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/410149/4600998 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Joliet
Inventory number
BH 62565 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Deck girder (5,749)
Deck truss (1,732)
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway (43)
Girder (10,238)
Illinois (4,647)
Lockport, Illinois (11)
Lost (24,747)
Lost 1934 (48)
Lost during 1930s (622)
Owned by railroad (12,424)
 Parker through truss (1,297)
Parker truss (1,678)
Plate girder (7,927)
Pratt deck truss (357)
Pratt truss (9,300)
Replaced by new bridge (16,589)
Through truss (15,072)
Truss (32,796)
Will County, Illinois (135)

Update Log 

  • November 23, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • August 18, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

Sources 

  • Douglas Butler
  • Geoff Hubbs

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