P&E = Peoria & Eastern
This trestle is named the Possum Trot Bridge.
Work is progressing to make this part of the Kickapoo Rail Trail between Urbana and Danville, IL. [WCIA (source)]
Note the girders peaking through the top of the trees on the right. I included the footings in the foreground. They were for the wood bents of an interurban (Illinois Traction System) bridge.
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This view shows the hybrid nature of this trestle. Specifically, the approach across the flood plain on the east side is a standard steel tower trestle whereas the part over the river is a steel girder bridge with tall piers.
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The bridge appears to have two concrete piers and eleven steel towers.
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| WCIA This shows the new decking that is being added to the trestle for the trail after they removed the ties. It is a quarter mile long and will connect the trail system of the Kickapoo State Park with the Vermilion Fairgrounds. Canoes, kayaks and bikes can be rented from Kickapoo Adventures. I assume renters go upstream first so that the paddle back to the rental place is easer. Thus they wouldn't be downstream by the interurban footings. Trying to thread a canoe between those footings looks like it would be rather difficult. Nonetheless, there are a lot of photos in Bridge Hunter that were probably taken with access from the river. Bill Molony posted Mike Friedman: This state park is reclaimed coal strip mines, it was the first one to do that, back in 1939. |
In some areas, the reclamation did not make much of an effort to "smooth" the swaths left by the strip mining.
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Bob Kalal posted photos of the trail.
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