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NS - South Grand Avenue Overpass

Sangamon County, Illinois

Photo 

Photo taken by Elliott Johnson in April 2014

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

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BH Photo #281900

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Girder bridge over South Grand Avenue on Norfolk Southern
Location
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1931
Railroads
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Wabash Railroad (WAB)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 52.5 ft.
Total length: 56.5 ft.
Also called
Wabash Railroad Bridge #179.5
Wabash Railroad Bridge #179 1/2
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.78694, -89.64278   (decimal degrees)
39°47'13" N, 89°38'34" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/273699/4407451 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Springfield West
Inventory numbers
IL 084-9947 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 59594 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1931 (980)
Built during 1930s (12,246)
Deck girder (6,397)
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)
Span length 50-75 feet (10,546)
Springfield, Illinois (40)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,718)
Wabash Railroad (594)

Update Log 

  • November 14, 2014: Updated by James Holzmeier: Added Wabash bridge number
  • April 16, 2014: New photo from Elliott Johnson
  • February 6, 2014: Added by Luke Harden

Sources 

  • Luke
  • Elliott Johnson - elliottsgon15 [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • James Holzmeier - wabashry [at] gmail [dot] com
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NS - South Grand Avenue Overpass
Posted April 30, 2021, by Tim (springfieldbridges [at] gmail [dot] com)

These bridges are next to be replaced and new High Speed Rail corridor bridges in their place. The NSRR (former wabash) yard near here will be used for the UPRR/NSRR double tracks.