Rating:
No votes cast

BN - Ursa Creek Bridge

Adams County, Illinois

Photo 

Provided by the Ursa Creek Lodge

BH Photo #314000

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Warren deck truss over Ursa Creek on Burlington Northern Railway
Location
Ursa, Adams County, Illinois
Status
Removed and a Lodge has been built on the remains
History
Built 1919; Removed 1986; Lodge built on remaining concrete piers 2000-2003
Railroads
- Burlington Northern Railroad (BN)
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CBQ)
Design
Warren deck truss
Also called
CB&Q - Ursa Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.07061, -91.37460   (decimal degrees)
40°04'14" N, 91°22'29" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/638603/4436860 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Mendon
Inventory number
BH 53234 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Adams County, Illinois (63)
Built 1919 (550)
Built during 1910s (9,975)
Burlington Northern Railroad (508)
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (571)
Deck truss (1,927)
Illinois (4,934)
Lost (28,575)
 Lost 1986 (187)
Lost during 1980s (1,533)
Railroad (16,464)
Truss (35,529)
Ursa, Illinois (1)
Warren deck truss (668)
Warren truss (7,008)

Update Log 

  • August 23, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Railroad", "Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad", "House"

Sources 

Post a comment here

Comments 

Ursa Creek Lodge
Posted August 23, 2012, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)

I just showed my intro architecture class "Falling Water" today. (Insert redneck joke here.)