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CN - Sangamon River Bridge

Sangamon County, Illinois

Photo 

Photo taken by Steve Conro in September 2019

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BH Photo #456358

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate girder bridge over Sangaman River on Canadian National Railway (former Illinois Central)
Location
Spaulding, Sangamon County, Illinois
Status
Open
History
Built 1906, two spans Added 1924
Railroads
- Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 100.0 ft.
Total length: 775.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+39.85920, -89.55611   (decimal degrees)
39°51'33" N, 89°33'22" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/281350/4415256 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 86682 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1906 (663)
Built 1924 (781)
Built during 1900s (7,746)
Canadian National Railway (576)
Deck girder (6,404)
Girder (11,355)
Have street view (29,919)
Illinois (4,954)
Illinois Central Railroad (629)
 Open (41,211)
Owned by railroad (13,741)
Plate girder (8,884)
Railroad (16,675)
Sangamon County, Illinois (109)
Sangamon River (5)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,622)
Spaulding, Illinois (1)
Total length 500-1000 feet (3,136)

Update Log 

  • September 18, 2019: Updated by John Marvig: added build date from IC track profile
  • September 17, 2019: New photo from Steve Conro
  • September 14, 2019: New Street View added by Steve Conro

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