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NS - Oakland Avenue Overpass

Macon County, Illinois

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Wabash Railroad Bridge #702B

New Wabash passenger diesel #1000 poses on top of Bridge #702B in a late 1940's publicity shot

Wabash RR photo

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BH Photo #317454

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Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Oakland Ave. on Wabash, later N&W, now NS Railway
Location
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois
Status
Open to rail traffic
History
Built 1937
Railroads
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Wabash Railroad (WAB)
Design
Deck plate girder bridge w/concrete deck, piers & abutments; decorative fluting on piers
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 53.7 ft.
Total length: 90.1 ft.
Deck width: 25.0 ft.
Also called
Wabash - Oakland Avenue Overpass
Wabash Railroad Bridge #702B
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.84166, -88.97274   (decimal degrees)
39°50'30" N, 88°58'22" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/331213/4412045 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Decatur
Inventory number
BH 64926 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1937 (809)
Built during 1930s (11,766)
Decatur, Illinois (38)
Deck girder (5,775)
Girder (10,295)
Have street view (27,058)
Illinois (4,677)
Macon County, Illinois (57)
 Norfolk Southern Railway (1,948)
Open (39,969)
Owned by railroad (12,492)
Plate girder (7,979)
Railroad (15,595)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,102)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,597)
Wabash Railroad (575)

Update Log 

  • February 28, 2015: New photo from James Holzmeier
  • December 23, 2014: New photos from James Holzmeier
  • December 21, 2014: New Street View added by James Holzmeier

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