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NS - Palos Railroad Bridge

Athens County, Ohio

Photos 

Photo taken by Anthony Dillon in July 2008

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BH Photo #155632

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Sunday Creek on NS RR
Location
Athens County, Ohio
Status
Open to traffic
History
Unknown
Railroads
- Conrail (CR)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Toledo & Ohio Central Railway (T&OC)
Design
Pony/through plate girder
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.52534, -82.07144   (decimal degrees)
39°31'31" N, 82°04'17" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/407911/4375624 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Corning
Inventory number
BH 44183 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Athens County, Ohio (23)
Conrail (1,554)
Girder (10,231)
Have street view (26,929)
New York Central Railroad (874)
Norfolk Southern Railway (1,917)
Ohio (3,391)
 Open (39,880)
Owned by railroad (12,415)
Penn Central Railroad (1,347)
Plate girder (7,920)
Through girder (3,810)
Toledo & Ohio Central Railway (18)

Update Log 

  • February 26, 2020: Updated by Geoff Hubbs: Added railroad owners
  • November 20, 2015: New photos from Jack Schmidt
  • September 15, 2014: New Street View added by Bill Eichelberger
  • February 20, 2010: Added by Anthony Dillon

Sources 

  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • Bill Eichelberger
  • Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
  • Geoff Hubbs
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NS - Palos Railroad Bridge
Posted February 26, 2020, by George A Oakley (Georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

John and Clark,i thought it was a stream gauge but wasn't sure.Thanks.

NS - Palos Railroad Bridge
Posted February 26, 2020, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

Another stream gauge with a UHF antenna for remote reading.

https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/nwismap/?site_no=03158510&ag...

NS - Palos Railroad Bridge
Posted February 26, 2020, by John Marvig (marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Looks like either a USGS Streamflow Monitor or a high water detector to assure safe railroad operations.

NS - Palos Railroad Bridge
Posted February 26, 2020, by George A Oakley (Georgeoakley49 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

What is the equipment on the side of the bridge in pictures #3,4 and 5?Doesn't look familiar.