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NS - Kankakee River Bridge
Photos
Kankakee River-US 45/52 RR Bridge
looking downstream
Gene Smania, 2-2012
License: Released into public domain
BH Photo #225275
Facts
- Overview
- Girder bridge over US 45-52 & Kankakee River on NS RR
- Location
- Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1896
- Builder
- - King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
- Railroads
- - Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway (CCC&StL; Big Four)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Design
- Girder
- Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 70.0 ft.
Total length: 540.0 ft.
- Also called
- NS US 45/52 Overpass
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.12420, -87.87869 (decimal degrees)
41°07'27" N, 87°52'43" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/426239/4552916 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- West Kankakee
- Inventory numbers
- IL 046-0093 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 50082 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- June 22, 2022: Updated by John Marvig: added additional build date and builder
- February 13, 2012: New photos from Gene Smania
- November 9, 2011: New Street View added by Daniel Hopkins
- November 8, 2011: Added by Steve Conro
Sources
- Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Daniel Hopkins - chimera [at] clovermail [dot] net
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
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Ken,
Which span was the plaque on? It could be an older approach to the bridge. I believe the 1960 date comes from when the original truss bridge was replaced.