Beardstown Toll Bridge

Photos 

Beardstown flood 1943

Art Kistler, IDOT 5-22-1943

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BH Photo #330559

Map 

Video 

Description 

Facts 

Overview

Lost Through truss bridge over Illinois River on State Street in Beardstown

Location

Beardstown, Cass County, Illinois, and Schuyler County, Illinois

Status

Replaced by new bridge

History

Built 1888, replaced in 1955

Builder

- Milwaukee Bridge & Iron Works of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Also called

State Street Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+40.01986, -90.43642   (decimal degrees)
40°01'11" N, 90°26'11" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

15/718776/4433109 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Beardstown

Inventory number

BH 37291 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• December 29, 2018: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
• November 17, 2018: Updated by Melissa Brand-Welch: Updated builder & added link
• September 27, 2015: New video from Jacob P. Bernard
• June 27, 2015: New photo from Gene Smania
• October 19, 2009: Updated by Kim Harvey: second link
• August 24, 2008: Added by Kim Harvey

Related Bridges 

• Beardstown Bridge (Successor)

Sources 

• Kim Harvey
• Harvesting the River - Beardstown Toll Bridge - Image
• IL GenWeb - Cass County - Beardstown Bridge
• May/June 1943 Beardstown Flood-Wagon Bridge - credit given to Levi Anderson for posting, William Bartlow for narrating, Howard Bartlow for filming
• Jacob P. Bernard
• The Wagon Bridge - Facts & History
• Melissa Brand-Welch - melissabrandwelch [at] msn [dot] com

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