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Great Western Trail - 12th Street Overpass
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Photo taken by Steve Conro in May 2014
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BH Photo #283293
Description
This looks to be a later structure. Abutments suggest and early 2 track bridge. The older stone abutments no longer have a bridge on them.
Facts
- Overview
- Steel stringer bridge over 12th St on abandoned Chicago & Great Western Rwy
- Location
- St. Charles, Kane County, Illinois
- History
- Built 1941
- Builder
- - Des Moines Steel Co. of Des Moines, Iowa
- Railroad
- - Chicago Great Western Railway (CGW)
- Design
- Steel stringer
- Also called
- CGW - 12th Street Overpass
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.91712, -88.32901 (decimal degrees)
41°55'02" N, 88°19'44" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/389790/4641428 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Geneva
- Inventory number
- BH 60904 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- July 17, 2014: New Street View added by Ralph Demars
- May 8, 2014: Updated by Steve Conro: Added category "Chicago Great Western Railway"