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Looking South

Photo taken by Steve Conro in May 2012

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Description

Not sure of the date but the artisan quality stone work suggests early 1900's. This rail line appears on a 1912 township map as the Lake Erie & Western Railway.

Facts

Overview: Stone arch bridge over CR 1550 E (Grimm Rd) on Norfolk Southern RR
Location: Woodford County, Illinois
Status: Open to traffic
Design: Stone arch
Approximate latitude, longitude: +40.62632, -89.24182 (decimal degrees)
40°37'35" N, 89°14'31" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/310390/4499691 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Secor
Inventory number: BH 52357 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

May 8, 2012: Updated by Steve Conro: Added category "Lake Erie and Western Railroad"
May 4, 2012: New Street View added by Luke Harden
May 4, 2012: Added by Steve Conro

Related Bridges

Norfolk Southern Mackinaw River Bridge (Same project) - Stone work simular to bridge piers a few hundred feet away. Suggests same project.

Sources

Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
Luke Harden - lukemh9 [at] gmail [dot] com

Norfolk Southern Grimm Road Bridge