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K&S - Kankakee River Bridge

Kankakee County, Illinois

Photo 

Post rebuild train

Westbound train on the bridge. Post rebuild Circa 1920

Kankakee County Museum Photo

License: Released into public domain

BH Photo #306751

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Deck truss bridge over Kankakee River on Kankakee & Seneca Railroad
Location
Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois
Status
Removed
History
Built 1915. Demolished 1933.
Railroad
- Kankakee & Seneca Railroad (K&S)
Design
Deck truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.12421, -87.87909   (decimal degrees)
41°07'27" N, 87°52'45" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/426205/4552917 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
West Kankakee
Inventory number
BH 59797 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1915 (1,265)
Built during 1910s (10,024)
Deck truss (1,945)
Illinois (4,947)
Kankakee & Seneca Railroad (2)
Kankakee County, Illinois (44)
Kankakee River (42)
 Kankakee, Illinois (17)
Lost (29,171)
Lost 1933 (79)
Lost during 1930s (952)
Railroad (16,543)
Truss (36,026)

Update Log 

  • February 19, 2014: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke
  • Josh Biggers

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