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Sangamon Valley Trail - Washington Street Overpass
Photo
Photo taken by Elliott Johnson in April 2014
License: Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike (CC BY-SA)
BH Photo #282072
Facts
- Overview
- Deck plate girder bridge over W. Washington Street on Sangamon Valley Trail
- Location
- Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to pedestrians/bicyclists only
- History
- Built 1924; Converted to trail use 2011
- Railroads
- - Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- St. Louis, Peoria & North Western Railway (StLP&NW)
- Design
- Deck plate girder
- Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 65.0 ft.
Total length: 196.0 ft.
- Also called
- C&NW Bridge #1865
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.80112, -89.71573 (decimal degrees)
39°48'04" N, 89°42'57" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/267499/4409212 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Springfield West
- Inventory number
- BH 56207 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- April 22, 2021: Updated by John Marvig: added information
- April 18, 2014: New photo from Elliott Johnson
- May 8, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Rail-to-trail", "St. Louis, Peoria & North Western Railway", "Chicago & North Western Railway"
- May 8, 2013: Added by James Baughn
Sources
- Luke
- Elliott Johnson - elliottsgon15 [at] hotmail [dot] com
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
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This bridge was repurposed and opened to pedestrians on July 2011 as part of the Sangamon Valley Trail.