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Kankakee River UP Rail Bridge

Will County, Illinois
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Photo taken by Steve Conro in February 2012

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Description 

Evidence of a second older span. The abandoned track bed on Forked Creek & Water St bridges only a couple hundred feet away continue to this point where they would have crossed the river.

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Kankakee River on UPRR in Wilmington
Location
Wilmington, Will County, Illinois
Status
Open
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Total length: 550.0 ft.
Also called
Amtrak Wilmington Rail Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.31107, -88.15054   (decimal degrees)
41°18'40" N, 88°09'02" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/403693/4573928 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Wilmington
Inventory number
BH 50097 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Amtrak (159)
Deck girder (1,802)
Girder (3,239)
Illinois (2,500)
Kankakee River (28)
Open (28,315)
 Owned by railroad (4,046)
Plate girder (2,251)
Railroad (4,075)
Total length 500-1000 feet (1,805)
Will County, Illinois (93)
Wilmington, Illinois (2)

Update Log 

  • November 9, 2011: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Updated GPS and info
  • November 9, 2011: Added by Steve Conro

Sources 

  • Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Daniel Hopkins - chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net

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