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L&N - Carmi Bridge

White County, Illinois

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Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923

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Description 

Length is estimate

Facts 

Overview
Lost through truss bridge over Little Wabash River on Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Location
Carmi, White County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
Railroads
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
- Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway (CCC&StL; Big 4)
- Conrail (CR)
- Louisville & Nashville Railroad (L&N; LN)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 541.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.09491, -88.15833   (decimal degrees)
38°05'42" N, 88°09'30" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/398430/4216978 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Carmi
Inventory number
BH 44141 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

CSX Railroad (1,364)
Carmi, Illinois (6)
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway (110)
Conrail (988)
Illinois (4,454)
Little Wabash River (44)
Lost (22,113)
Louisville & Nashville Railroad (174)
New York Central Railroad (502)
 Owned by railroad (11,051)
Pratt through truss (4,953)
Pratt truss (8,675)
Railroad (14,303)
Replaced by new bridge (14,763)
Through truss (13,957)
Total length 500-1000 feet (2,653)
Truss (31,121)
White County, Illinois (66)

Update Log 

  • September 2, 2019: New photo from Tony Dillon
  • October 9, 2018: New photos from Melissa Brand-Welch
  • February 16, 2010: Added by Kim Harvey

Sources 

  • Kim Harvey
  • Luke
  • Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com
  • Tony Dillon - spansaver [at] hotmail [dot] com

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