Rating:
4 votes
Victor Avenue RR Overpass
Facts
- Overview
- Timber stringer bridge over Canadian National Railway on Victor Avenue
- Location
- Buchanan County, Iowa
- Status
- Open to traffic
- Railroads
- - Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad (CC)
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
- Design
- Timber stringer
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +42.48084, -91.66736 (decimal degrees)
42°28'51" N, 91°40'03" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 15/609531/4704025 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Winthrop
- Inventory number
- BH 55860 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- June 30, 2013: New video from Dylan VanAntwerp
- April 10, 2013: New photos from Dylan VanAntwerp
- April 3, 2013: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Removed category "Skewed"
- March 22, 2013: Updated by Dylan VanAntwerp: Added categories "Canadian National Railway", "Illinois Central Railroad", "Chicago, Central & Pacific Railroad"
Sources
- Dylan VanAntwerp - dylan_vanantwerp [at] live [dot] com
- RailPictures.net
Comments
Victor Avenue RR Overpass
The grade separation sure is interesting! Must have been a former mainline on one of those tracks!
Victor Avenue RR Overpass
This is a very cool bridge to visit and offers an amazing view. The bridge crosses the railroad at the crest of a grade and sits very high above the tracks. It's easily one of the highest points in the area and can be seen for miles.
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The reason for the marked difference in the tracks is that the Illinois Central railroad wasn't happy with the grade and came through in the 1960s and cut the one track way down. It was the original siding, but was made the main after they cut it down.