Bloomer Line - Indian Creek Trib Bridge

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Timber stringer bridge over Indian Creek Trib on Wabash, later N&W, later NS, now Bloomer Line Railroad

Location

Livingston County, Illinois

Status

Open to rail traffic

History

Original 52' pile trestle bridge at this location built 1880; rebuilt 1928 with this bridge

Railroads

- Bloomer Line (BLOL)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Wabash Railroad (WAB)

Design

Timber stringer w/ballasted deck

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 13.0 ft.
Total length: 24.0 ft.
Deck width: 13.5 ft.

Also called

Wabash Railroad Bridge #1277
Wabash - Indian Creek Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.62348, -88.38846   (decimal degrees)
40°37'25" N, 88°23'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/382564/4497888 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Sibley

Inventory number

BH 64794 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• January 26, 2020: New photos from Steve Conro
• December 16, 2014: New Street View added by James Holzmeier

Sources 

• James Holzmeier - wabashry [at] gmail [dot] com
• Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com

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