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Overview: Through truss bridge over the Ohio River carrying the Illinois Central (now Canadian National) Railroad in Cairo
Status: Open to railroad traffic
History: Built 1949-52, replacing the First Cairo Railroad Bridge, but reusing many of the piers
Design: Warren through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.02302, -89.17532 (decimal degrees)
37°01'23" N, 89°10'31" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory number: BH 15009 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Cairo Railroad Bridge

Posted December 31, 2005, by robert chamness (z50patgail02 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

this bridge was built without stopping a train i rode the first span in while it pushed the old span into the river