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This deck plate girder bridge crosses West Bureau Creek west of Tiskilwa
Tiskilwa, Bureau County, Illinois
Owner: Iowa Interstate Railroad
Status: In Use
Built c. 1900
by
Unknown
for
Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Design:
4-51' deck plate girders
Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over West Bureau Creek
Significance:
This Pratt through truss bridge carries the South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad over the Walnut River
Winfield, Cowley County, Kansas
Owner: South Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad
Status: In Use
Built 1903
by
Unknown
for
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Design:
2-140' Pratt through trusses and timber pile trestle
Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Walnut River
Significance:
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This through plate girder bridge carries the former Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway over Ohio Street on the north side of Joliet
Owner: BNSF Railway
Status: In Use
Built 1908
by
American Bridge Company of New York and Brownell Improvement Company of Chicago, Illinois
for
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway
Design:
1-44' and 2-13' through plate girders
Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Ohio Street
Significance:
This steel stringer bridge crosses Missouri Route 13 (Main Street) in Polo
Polo, Caldwell County, Missouri
Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited
Status: In Use
Built 1930
by
Unknown
for
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad and Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway
Design:
38' steel stringer
Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Missouri Route 13 (Main Street)
Significance:
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This large through plate girder bridge carries the former Wabash Railroad over US Route 36 (West Eldorado Street)
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois
Owner: Norfolk Southern Railway
Status: In Use
Built 1937
by
Unknown and Cope & Fisher of Decatur, Illinois
for
Wabash Railroad
Design:
84' through plate girder
Description:
Through plate girder bridge over US Route 36 (West Eldorado Street)
Significance:
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