This standard deck plate girder bridge carries the former Wabash Railroad over an unnamed ditch along Illinois Route 48 southwest of Boody

Boody, Macon County, Illinois

Owner: Norfolk Southern Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1900 and 1906

by

Detroit Bridge & Iron Works of Detroit, Michigan and Unknown

for

Wabash Railroad

Design:
42' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over unnamed ditch

Significance:

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:

This attractive through plate girder bridge carrying the former Wabash Railroad over Oakland Avenue in Decatur is one of two identical adjacent structures

Decatur, Macon County, Illinois

Owner: Norfolk Southern Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1937

by

Mississippi Valley Structural Steel Company of Decatur, Illinois and Cope & Fisher of Decatur, Illinois

for

Wabash Railroad

Design:
1-54' and 2-18' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Oakland Avenue

Significance:

This standard deck plate girder bridge carries the former Wabash Railroad over Nevada Road along Illinois Route 48 southwest of Boody

Boody, Macon County, Illinois

Owner: Norfolk Southern Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1900 and 1906

by

Detroit Bridge & Iron Works of Detroit, Michigan and Unknown

for

Wabash Railroad

Design:
42' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Nevada Road

Significance:

This large deck plate girder bridge carries the former Illinois Central Railroad over the Sangamon River and Lincoln Park Drive in Decatur

Decatur, Macon County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1912

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
2-100' and 3-90' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Sangamon River and Lincoln Park Drive

Significance:

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:

This deck plate girder bridge carries the former Illinois Central Railroad over Willow Branch along US Route 51 south of Macon

Macon, Macon County, Illinois

Owner: Decatur Junction Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1912

by

Unknown

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
40' deck plate girder and timber pile trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Willow Branch

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the former Wabash Railroad over North Main Street (southbound Business US Route 51) in Decatur

Decatur, Macon County, Illinois

Owner: Norfolk Southern Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1933

by

Mississippi Valley Structural Steel Company of Decatur, Illinois and Roy W. Christy of Decatur, Illinois

for

Wabash Railroad

Design:
60' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over North Main Street (southbound Business US Route 51)

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the former Illinois Central Railroad over Illinois Route 48 (Oakland Avenue) on the northwest side of Decatur

Decatur, Macon County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1934

by

Mississippi Valley Structural Steel Company of Decatur, Illinois and Cope & Fisher of Decatur, Illinois

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
2-53' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Illinois Route 48 (Oakland Avenue)

Significance:

This attractive concrete encased beam bridge carries the former Baltimore & Ohio Railroad over Lake Shore Drive

Decatur, Macon County, Illinois

Owner: Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1929

by

Shesshley & Janney of Johnstown, Pennsylvania

for

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

Design:
43' concrete encased beam

Description:
Concrete encased beam bridge over Lake Shore Drive

Significance: