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NS - 5th 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 #281895

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Bridge over Bus 55 / 5th Street on Norfolk Southern Rwy
Location
Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1961
Railroads
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Wabash Railroad (WAB)
Design
Through plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 84.6 ft.
Total length: 95.1 ft.
Also called
Wabash Railroad Bridge #182A
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.77351, -89.65000   (decimal degrees)
39°46'25" N, 89°39'00" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/273036/4405979 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Springfield West
Inventory numbers
IL 084-0032 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 60355 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1961 (241)
Built during 1960s (2,169)
Girder (11,343)
Have street view (29,832)
Illinois (4,952)
Norfolk Southern Railway (2,150)
Open (41,198)
Owned by railroad (13,725)
 Railroad (16,665)
Sangamon County, Illinois (109)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,730)
Springfield, Illinois (40)
Through girder (4,268)
Total length 75-100 feet (6,931)
Wabash Railroad (594)

Update Log 

  • November 25, 2014: Updated by James Holzmeier: Added Wabash bridge number
  • April 16, 2014: New photos from Elliott Johnson
  • March 22, 2014: Added by Steve Conro

Sources 

  • Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Elliott Johnson - elliottsgon15 [at] hotmail [dot] com
  • James Holzmeier - wabashry [at] gmail [dot] com
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NS - 5th Street Overpass
Posted April 11, 2020, by Tim (springfieldbridges [at] gmail [dot] com)

Plans by State of Illinois, Section 114-CS, 1960

Elevation:

NS - 5th 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.