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UP - Kickapoo Creek Bridge #3

Peoria County, Illinois

Photos 

Photo taken by Bill Pearsall

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BH Photo #241729

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Build date provided by C&NW bridge records at the Chicago & North Western Railway Historical Society archives

Facts 

Overview
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Kickapoo Creek on Union Pacific Railroad
Location
Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1902, Approaches Rebuilt 1941
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Railroads
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Quadrangular lattice through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 120.0 ft.
Total length: 392.0 ft.
Also called
C&NW Bridge #1626
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.68407, -89.65427   (decimal degrees)
40°41'03" N, 89°39'15" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/275696/4507074 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Peoria West
Inventory number
BH 54025 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,674)
Beam (16,948)
Built 1902 (590)
Built during 1900s (7,685)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,451)
Have street view (29,199)
Illinois (4,947)
Kickapoo Creek (29)
Lattice through truss (674)
Lattice truss (707)
M-frame portal (88)
Open (41,013)
 Owned by railroad (13,567)
Peoria County, Illinois (93)
Peoria, Illinois (36)
Quadrangular lattice through truss (192)
Railroad (16,518)
Riveted (2,566)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,574)
Steel stringer (6,742)
Through truss (17,208)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,544)
Truss (35,959)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,480)

Update Log 

  • March 23, 2019: Updated by John Marvig: Added information from C&NW Bridge Records
  • April 12, 2017: New photos from John Marvig
  • April 20, 2016: New photos from Steve Conro
  • January 9, 2015: New photo from John Marvig
  • October 22, 2012: Photo imported by Luke Harden
  • October 19, 2012: Added by Luke Harden

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