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View From Highway Bridge

Source: IDOT ESR Report

BH Photo #273784

Based on a nearby bridge of identical design and size, at least two spans of this bridge possibly from 1883 bridge at Geneva, Illinois.

Overview: Lattice deck truss bridge over Lick Creek on Railroad
Location: Sangamon County, Illinois
Status: abandoned but intact
Railroad: - Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
Design: Lattice deck truss
Also called: C&NW Bridge #1890
Approximate latitude, longitude: +39.69905, -89.76122 (decimal degrees)
39°41'57" N, 89°45'40" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/263254/4398001 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Loami
Inventory number: BH 59588 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

March 30, 2015: New photos from Steve Conro
March 5, 2014: New photos from Elliott Johnson
February 12, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Changed status
February 9, 2014: New Street View added by J.P.
February 5, 2014: Updated by Luke Harden: Added RR info from vintage Illinois Roadmap
February 5, 2014: Added by Nathan Holth

CNW - Lick Creek Bridge

Posted April 29, 2019, by Tim (springfieldbridges [at] gmail [dot] com)

Br No 1890 over Lick Creek

CNW - Lick Creek Bridge

Posted December 13, 2017, by John Marvig (marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com)

Looks like a late 1880s or early 1890s truss to me..

CNW Lick Creek Bridge

Posted February 12, 2014, by Elliott Johnson (elliottsgon15 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

this bridge needs a status change. it should say abandoned, as the bridge over mansion road does, since the abandonment of this rail line in 1997.