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NS - Mackinaw River Bridge

Woodford County, Illinois
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Looking West

Photo taken by Steve Conro in May 2012

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Description 

Not sure of the date but the well crafted stone piers suggest early 1900's. This rail line appears on a 1912 township map as the Lake Erie & Western Railway.

Facts 

Overview
Deck truss bridge over Mackinaw River on Norfolk Southern RR
Location
Woodford County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1947
Railroads
- Lake Erie & Western Railroad (LE&W)
- New York, Chicago, & St. Louis Railroad (NKP)
- Norfolk & Western Railway (N&W)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
Design
Three span Deck truss with deck plate girder approaches. Nice old stone piers.
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 170.0 ft.
Total length: 590.0 ft.
Also called
LE&W - Mackinaw River Bridge
NKP - Mackinaw River Bridge
N&W - Mackinaw River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.62486, -89.23947   (decimal degrees)
40°37'30" N, 89°14'22" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/310586/4499525 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Danvers
Inventory number
BH 50881 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1947 (245)
Built during 1940s (3,500)
Deck girder (4,370)
Deck truss (1,487)
Girder (7,726)
Have street view (21,616)
Illinois (3,816)
Lake Erie & Western Railroad (6)
Mackinaw River (17)
New York, Chicago, & St. Louis Railroad (67)
Norfolk & Western Railway (296)
 Norfolk Southern Railway (1,394)
Open (36,074)
Owned by railroad (9,600)
Plate girder (5,924)
Railroad (12,854)
Span length 125-175 feet (3,717)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,487)
Truss (29,238)
Warren deck truss (530)
Warren truss (5,688)
Woodford County, Illinois (15)

Update Log 

  • April 13, 2017: New photos from John Marvig
  • January 10, 2016: Updated by John Marvig: added build date
  • July 16, 2015: New photos from John Marvig
  • October 9, 2013: New Street View added by J.P.
  • May 14, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
  • May 8, 2012: Updated by Steve Conro: Added category "Lake Erie and Western Railroad"
  • January 9, 2012: Added by Steve Conro

Related Bridges 

  • NS - Grimm Road Overpass (Same project) - Stone work simular to bridge piers a few hundred feet away. Suggests same project.

Sources 

  • Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Norfolk Southern Mackinaw River Bridge
Posted May 4, 2012, by Steve Conro (sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Visited and shot pictures today. Will have posted next week. Also discovered old stone arch bridge just west of this bridge. Stone work looks a lot like the stone work on the bridge piers.

Norfolk Southern Mackinaw River Bridge
Posted April 4, 2012, by John

Does anyone have pictures of this bridge?