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AMTK - 2nd Street Overpass

Berrien County, Michigan

Photos 

Photo taken by Byron Miller in September 2014

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BH Photo #295236

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Description 

The stone shows ? R. Porter as stone mason.

Facts 

Overview
Stone arch bridge over N. 2nd Street on Amtrak Railroad
Location
Niles, Berrien County, Michigan
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1891
Builder
- ?.R. Porter (Mason)
Railroads
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Michigan Central Railroad (MC)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
Design
Stone arch
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.83569, -86.25748   (decimal degrees)
41°50'08" N, 86°15'27" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/561651/4631800 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Niles West
Inventory number
BH 56732 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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19th Century (9,059)
?.R. Porter (1)
Amtrak (575)
Arch (12,728)
Berrien County, Michigan (53)
Built 1891 (247)
Built during 1890s (3,279)
CSX Railroad (1,817)
Deck arch (11,955)
Have street view (29,890)
 Michigan (1,428)
Michigan Central Railroad (48)
New York Central Railroad (1,024)
Niles, Michigan (7)
Open (41,202)
Owned by railroad (13,727)
Penn Central Railroad (1,573)
Railroad (16,665)
Stone arch (3,309)

Update Log 

  • March 10, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • January 19, 2020: Updated by Luke: Added builder from stone
  • January 19, 2020: Updated by John Marvig: added information
  • September 23, 2014: New photos from Byron Miller
  • June 23, 2013: Added by James Baughn

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Amtrak - 2nd Street Overpass
Posted March 11, 2020, by George A Oakley (Georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Thanks,Clark.Sounds plausible.

Amtrak - 2nd Street Overpass
Posted March 10, 2020, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

Usually they are remnants of drilled holes for the explosives used to break out the rock in the quarry.

Amtrak - 2nd Street Overpass
Posted March 10, 2020, by George A Oakley (Georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Maybe somebody can answer this question.What are all of the holes in the blocks for?They look like they don't go all of the way through the blocks.