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UP - Buncombe Quarry Bridge

Johnson County, Illinois

Photo 

Bridge in distance from quarry overlook off State Highway 37

Photo taken by Nathan Morton in March 2008

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BH Photo #137129

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Bridge over quarry access road on UP (former Burlington) Railway north of Buncombe
Location
Johnson County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
Railroads
- Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad (CEI)
- Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (CBQ)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Also called
CBQ - Grasshoppers Creek Tributary Bridge
UP - Grasshoppers Creek Tributary Bridge
CBQ - Buncombe Quarry Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+37.49252, -88.96107   (decimal degrees)
37°29'33" N, 88°57'40" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/326635/4151318 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Vienna
Inventory number
BH 42352 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad (49)
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad (571)
Deck girder (6,304)
Girder (11,170)
Illinois (4,929)
Johnson County, Illinois (40)
 Open (40,968)
Owned by railroad (13,502)
Plate girder (8,725)
Railroad (16,460)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,474)

Update Log 

  • March 1, 2010: Updated by Robert Stephenson: Added GPS coordinates
  • April 15, 2009: Added by Nathan Morton

Sources 

  • Nathan Morton - morton890 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Robert Stephenson - seinfeld99 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Comments 

Buncombe Quarry Rail Bridge
Posted May 23, 2012, by john (biljohnp [at] frontier [dot] com)

as i do not have gps how would i find this bridge,

are you sure it is open to public ?

Buncombe Quarry Rail Bridge
Posted November 17, 2011, by littlejimmy (9jcjiv [at] gmail [dot] com)

The real name of itis bridge is"Grasshopper Bridge"