IMRR - Sangamon River Bridge

Photos 

Photo taken by Steve Conro in June 2014

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BH Photo #285146

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Through truss bridge over Sangamon River on Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway SE of Kilbourne

Location

Mason County, Illinois, and Menard County, Illinois

Status

Open to traffic

Builder

- Bethlehem Steel Co. of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Railroads

- Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway (C&IM)
- Illinois & Midland Railroad (IMRR)
- Springfield & Northwestern Railway

Design

3 Through truss main spans with 4 pony plate plate and 1 stringer approach spans all on the northern end.

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 125.0 ft.
Total length: 740.0 ft.

Also called

Chicago & Illinois Midland - Sangamon River Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.12379, -89.98502   (decimal degrees)
40°07'26" N, 89°59'06" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/245640/4445768 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Oakford

Inventory number

BH 50911 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• June 10, 2014: New photos from Steve Conro
• November 25, 2012: Updated by John Marvig: added "Pony Plate Girder" to design section
• November 25, 2012: Updated by Steve Conro: Added category "Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway"
• January 12, 2012: Added by Steve Conro

Sources 

• Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
• John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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