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Tunnel Hill State Trail - Belknap Bridge

Johnson County, Illinois

Photos 

West approach

Photo taken by James Baughn

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BH Photo #102241

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Cache River on the Tunnel Hill State Trail (originally Cairo and Vincennes Railroad), northeast of Belknap
Location
Johnson County, Illinois
Status
Open to pedestrians and bicyclists only
History
Built 1906 by the King Bridge Co.
Railroad
- Cairo & Vincennes Railroad (CAVI)
Design
Main span: Deck plate girder
Approaches: Steel stringers on timber piles
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.33526, -88.92561   (decimal degrees)
37°20'07" N, 88°55'32" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/329413/4133804 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Karnak
Inventory number
BH 15385 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (15,804)
Built 1906 (624)
Built during 1900s (7,253)
Cache River (Illinois) (5)
Cairo & Vincennes Railroad (6)
Deck girder (5,777)
Girder (10,299)
Illinois (4,686)
 Johnson County, Illinois (40)
Open to pedestrians (4,250)
Owned by state (16,047)
Plate girder (7,983)
Rail-to-trail (1,559)
Railroad (15,601)
Steel stringer (6,285)
Tunnel Hill State Trail (13)

Update Log 

  • September 12, 2020: New photos from Steve Conro
  • December 30, 2018: Updated by James Baughn: Found a plaque that confirms the main span was built in 1906 by King Bridge Co.
  • August 13, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
  • March 13, 2005: Posted new photos

Sources 

  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
  • Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com

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