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UP - Illinois River Bridge

Sequoyah County, Oklahoma

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Illinois River Railroad Bridge

Photo taken by Gene McCluney in December 2008

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BH Photo #129732

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Illinois River on Union Pacific Railroad in Gore
Location
Gore, Sequoyah County, Oklahoma
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1906
Railroads
- Missouri Pacific Railroad (MP; MoPac)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Warren through truss
Also called
MoPac - Illinois River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+35.51545, -95.08993   (decimal degrees)
35°30'56" N, 95°05'24" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/310480/3932215 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Gore
Inventory number
BH 38310 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1906 (570)
Built during 1900s (6,703)
Gore, Oklahoma (2)
Illinois River (Oklahoma) (1)
Missouri Pacific Railroad (304)
Oklahoma (1,960)
Open (38,305)
Owned by railroad (10,904)
 Railroad (14,213)
Sequoyah County, Oklahoma (43)
Through truss (13,772)
Truss (30,832)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,132)
Warren through truss (1,529)
Warren truss (6,055)

Update Log 

  • January 14, 2010: New photos from John Cross
  • January 23, 2009: New photos from David Backlin
  • December 6, 2008: Added by Gene McCluney

Sources 

  • Gene McCluney - gmacfilm [at] live [dot] com
  • David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
  • John Cross - jcross [at] cross-photography [dot] com

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