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BNSF - Illinois River Bridge (Beardstown)

Cass County, Illinois, and Schuyler County, Illinois

Photos 

Rail bridge from Beardstown Riverfront

Photo taken by Nathan Morton in August 2007

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BH Photo #127242

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Through truss vertical-lift bridge over Illinois River on BNSF Railway (formerly CB&Q, then BN) in Beardstown
Location
Beardstown, Cass County, Illinois, and Schuyler County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CBQ)
Design
Vertical lift bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.02295, -90.43345   (decimal degrees)
40°01'23" N, 90°26'00" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/719019/4433459 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Beardstown
Inventory number
BH 38033 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

BNSF Railway (1,506)
Beardstown, Illinois (3)
Cass County, Illinois (10)
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (533)
County line crossing (533)
Have street view (26,947)
Illinois (4,647)
Illinois River (59)
Movable (2,972)
Open (39,882)
 Owned by railroad (12,423)
Polygonal Warren through truss (430)
Polygonal Warren truss (1,051)
Schuyler County, Illinois (26)
Span Drive Vertical Lift (90)
Through truss (15,065)
Truss (32,788)
Vertical lift (420)
Warren truss (6,564)

Update Log 

  • April 24, 2016: New photos from Steve Conro
  • November 2, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • August 30, 2013: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • February 21, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Added GPS coordinates
  • November 7, 2008: Added by Nathan Morton

Sources 

  • Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Douglas Butler
  • Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Comments 

BNSF - Illinois River Bridge (Beardstown)
Posted May 3, 2019, by John Marvig (marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com)

It looks like the approach spans of this bridge are still historic, despite the lift span not being historic.

Beardstown Railroad Bridge
Posted January 20, 2013, by Timothy Hickernell (tim [at] hickernell [dot] net)

I can remember living in Beardstown as a kid when the old swing bridge was still in place. It took large barges forever to anchor barges north and south of the bridge while they transported just a few at a time through the narrow channel. We used to always wave at the bridge tenders as we would pass under the bridge in our speed boat or fishing boat. Then when I was in the 3rd grade (1971-72), they replaced it with the current lift bridge, seen here. We thought the most impressive thing about the new bridge was that it was remote controlled from the yard about 1-2 miles south. The bridge tenders house was no more, which was sad.