Blue Mound, Macon County, Illinois

Blue Mound once had a single Wabash Railroad mainline, now owned by Norfolk Southern Railway.

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NS Branch Mosquito Creek Bridge (Blue Mound)
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NS Branch Mosquito Creek Bridge (Blue Mound)

(Wabash Railroad Bridge #723)

This standard deck plate girder bridge carries the former Wabash Railroad over a branch of Mosquito Creek along Illinois Route 48 northeast of Blue Mound

Blue Mound, Macon County, Illinois

Owner: Norfolk Southern Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1915 using a span fabricated 1905

by

Unknown and William P. Carmichael Company of St. Louis, Missouri

for

Wabash Railroad

Design:
30' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Branch of Mosquito Creek

Significance:

Local

NS Mosquito Creek Bridge (Blue Mound)
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NS Mosquito Creek Bridge (Blue Mound)

(Wabash Railroad Bridge #721)

This standard through plate girder bridge carries the former Wabash Railroad over Mosquito Creek along Illinois Route 48 northeast of Blue Mound

Blue Mound, Macon County, Illinois

Owner: Norfolk Southern Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1915 using a span fabricated 1912

by

American Bridge Company of New York and William P. Carmichael Company of St. Louis, Missouri

for

Wabash Railroad

Design:
62' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Mosquito Creek

Significance:

Local