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IC - Murphysboro Bridge

Jackson County, Illinois

Photos 

Uploaded by Melissa Brand-Welch

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BH Photo #438922

Map 

Description 

Built 1941 using secondhand spans.

Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Big Muddy River on Railroad
Location
Murphysboro, Jackson County, Illinois
Status
Removed
Railroad
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
Design
Parker through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 177.0 ft.
Total length: 324.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.76072, -89.32535   (decimal degrees)
37°45'39" N, 89°19'31" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/295164/4181812 (zone/easting/northing)
Land survey
T. 9 S., R. 2 W., Sec. 9
Elevation
350 ft. above sea level
Inventory number
BH 83619 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Big Muddy River (Illinois) (9)
Built 1941 (469)
Built during 1940s (4,113)
Deck girder (5,825)
Girder (10,372)
Illinois (4,752)
Illinois Central Railroad (593)
Jackson County, Illinois (52)
Lost (25,267)
Lost 1985 (143)
Lost during 1980s (1,418)
 Murphysboro, Illinois (7)
Owned by railroad (12,595)
Parker through truss (1,312)
Parker truss (1,696)
Plate girder (8,044)
Railroad (15,664)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,994)
Through truss (15,284)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,273)
Truss (33,138)

Update Log 

  • September 15, 2019: Updated by John Marvig: added build date from IC track profile
  • November 26, 2018: New photo from Clark Vance
  • November 25, 2018: Updated by Luke: Added GPS
  • November 25, 2018: Added by Melissa Brand-Welch

Sources 

  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
  • Luke
  • Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
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IC - Murphysboro Bridge
Posted November 25, 2018, by Melissa Brand-Welch (melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com)

Thanks Luke !