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NS - 6th Street Overpass

Sangamon County, Illinois

Photos 

Photo taken by Elliott Johnson in April 2014

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)

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BH Photo #281898

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over S. 6th Street (Business Loop 55) on Norfolk Southern Railroad
Location
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1934
Railroads
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Wabash Railroad (WAB)
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 79.1 ft.
Total length: 116.1 ft.
Also called
Wabash Railroad Bridge #182
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.77489, -89.64859   (decimal degrees)
39°46'30" N, 89°38'55" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/273161/4406128 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Springfield West
Inventory numbers
IL 084-9901 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 52159 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1934 (836)
Built during 1930s (12,246)
Girder (11,343)
Have street view (29,832)
Illinois (4,952)
Norfolk Southern Railway (2,150)
Open (41,198)
Owned by railroad (13,725)
Plate girder (8,874)
 Railroad (16,665)
Sangamon County, Illinois (109)
Skewed (5,071)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,730)
Springfield, Illinois (40)
Through girder (4,268)
Total length 100-125 feet (5,501)
US 66 (303)
Wabash Railroad (594)

Update Log 

  • June 7, 2019: New photo from Joe Sonderman
  • November 25, 2014: Updated by James Holzmeier: Added Wabash bridge number
  • October 29, 2014: Updated by James Holzmeier: Added category "Wabash Railroad"
  • April 16, 2014: New photos from Elliott Johnson
  • April 21, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Railroad", "Norfolk Southern Railway"
  • April 21, 2012: Added by James Baughn

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NS - 6th Street Overpass
Posted April 11, 2020, by Tim (springfieldbridges [at] gmail [dot] com)

Wabash Railway Co. Plan Info, 1933

NS - 6th Street Overpass
Posted April 11, 2020, by Tim (springfieldbridges [at] gmail [dot] com)

Elevation and Deck Section, Plans by Wabash Railway Co. 1933

NS - 6th Street Overpass
Posted April 11, 2020, by Tim (springfieldbridges [at] gmail [dot] com)

FYI, These bridges are being replaced with a pair of bridges to carry UP and NS. This is part of the High Speed Rail Corridor upgrade thru Springfield.