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Illinois Central Stone Arch Railroad Bridges: 1852, 1855 1987-12-02 Dixon: Lee: Indian Ford Bridge: ca. 1917: 1980-10-29 ... Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap.
The main span is a through-arch design, 620 feet (189.0 m) long. The clearance of this span over the river, from low steel of the bridge to normal water level in the pool below, is 66.0 feet (20.1 m). [3] With the approach spans, the total length of the structure is 7,120.8 feet (2,170.4 m). Its length makes it the longest bridge in Illinois. [4]
This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Illinois River from the Mississippi River upstream to the confluence of the Kankakee and Des Plaines Rivers. This transport-related list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .
The road the bridge carried was an important transportation corridor connecting Springfield, Taylorville, and Effingham. The bridge also provided area residents access to the Thompson Mill, a corn mill and sawmill which operated from 1843 to 1914. [2] The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 13, 1975. [1]
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, Illinois River Bridge: Extant Vertical-lift bridge: 1898 1988 Illinois Railway: Illinois River: Ottawa: LaSalle: IL-79: Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad Bridge
The Valley City Eagle Bridges is a set of bridges that carry Interstate 72 and U.S. Route 36 across the Illinois River. The bridge is located near Valley City, Illinois , the smallest municipality in the state.
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There are nine authentic covered bridges in the U.S. state of Illinois. Five of them are historic. [1] A covered bridge is considered authentic not due to its age, but by its construction. An authentic bridge is constructed using trusses rather than other methods such as stringers, a popular choice for non-authentic covered bridges.