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CN - Salt Creek Bridge

De Witt County, Illinois, and McLean County, Illinois

Photos 

Photo taken by Steve Conro in March 2014

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BH Photo #281190

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Salt Creek on CNRR (former Illinois Central RR)
Location
De Witt County, Illinois, and McLean County, Illinois
Status
Open
History
Built 1899, Slabs Added 1915
Railroads
- Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 60.0 ft.
Total length: 145.0 ft.
Also called
IC - Salt Creek Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.28116, -88.60424   (decimal degrees)
40°16'52" N, 88°36'15" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/363622/4460198 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Bellflower
Inventory number
BH 60591 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,350)
Built 1899 (430)
Built during 1890s (3,191)
Canadian National Railway (571)
De Witt County, Illinois (28)
Girder (11,169)
Have street view (28,893)
Illinois (4,929)
Illinois Central Railroad (625)
 McLean County, Illinois (65)
Open (40,968)
Plate girder (8,724)
Railroad (16,455)
Slab (2,225)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,420)
Through girder (4,189)
Total length 125-175 feet (6,185)

Update Log 

  • April 4, 2021: Updated by John Marvig: added information
  • April 3, 2014: New Street View added by Dave King
  • April 2, 2014: Updated by Steve Conro: Added categories "Canadian National Railway", "Illinois Central Railroad"

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CN - Salt Creek Bridge
Posted April 3, 2014, by Andy Jankowski (andyj [at] hometel [dot] com)

Looks like it is actually located in De Witt County instead of Ford County.