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CN - Prairie School Road Overpass
Facts
- Overview
- Arch bridge over Prairie School Rd and a branch of Wolf Creek on CN Railway (former Illinois Central)
- Location
- Sangamon County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic above and below
- History
- Built 1905
- Railroads
- - Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
- Design
- 4 span Concrete Arch
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 18.0 ft.
Total length: 92.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +39.88749, -89.49272 (decimal degrees)
39°53'15" N, 89°29'34" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/286861/4418244 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Cornland
- Inventory numbers
- IL 084-9930 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 60553 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- November 22, 2019: New photos from Jack Schmidt
- May 16, 2016: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
- March 30, 2014: Updated by Steve Conro: Added categories "Canadian National Railway", "Illinois Central Railroad"
Sources
- Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
- Luke
- John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
- Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
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I lived just east of here for several years. I've seen the water up to the top of the arch over the road. Also, one winter a car got trapped in a drift on the north side of the bridge. The people ended up spending the night in hte car. Everyone was OK if I remember correctly.