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CN/Amtrak - Cal-Sag Bridge

Cook County, Illinois

Photos 

Photo taken by Steve Conro in September 2012

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BH Photo #240277

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Cal-Sag Channel on Canadian National RR/Amtrak
Location
Cook County, Illinois
Status
Open
Railroads
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Metra (METX)
Design
Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 320.0 ft.
Total length: 400.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.69669, -87.94118   (decimal degrees)
41°41'48" N, 87°56'28" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/421684/4616528 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Sag Bridge
Inventory number
BH 53670 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Amtrak (536)
Calumet-Sag Channel (22)
Canadian National Railway (517)
Cook County, Illinois (461)
Deck girder (5,775)
Girder (10,295)
Have street view (27,060)
Illinois (4,686)
Metra (96)
Open (39,974)
Owned by federal government (1,227)
 Plate girder (7,979)
Polygonal Warren through truss (432)
Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals (108)
Polygonal Warren truss (1,053)
Railroad (15,599)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,196)
Through truss (15,163)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,256)
Truss (32,941)
Warren truss (6,579)

Update Log 

  • November 8, 2015: Updated by Roger Deschner: Added category "Metra"
  • October 8, 2013: New Street View added by J.P.
  • September 30, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Canadian National Railway", "Amtrak", "Railroad"
  • September 26, 2012: Added by Steve Conro

Sources 

  • Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com

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