Facts 

Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over UP Railroad on MCT Watershed Trail
Location
Madison County, Illinois
Status
Open to pedestrians
History
former railroad line abandoned in 1990s, reopened 2003 as a bike trail
Design
Pony/through plate girder
Inventory number
BH 37295 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log 

  • September 19, 2008: Updated by Kim Harvey
  • August 24, 2008: Added by Kim Harvey

Comments 

Watershed Trail Viaduct
Posted September 21, 2008, by Matt Holman (nordique72 [at] hotmail [dot] com)

This bridge on the Watershed Trail goes over the Norfolk Southern's former Wabash main line- this trail does cross under the Union Pacific's former New York Central main line- but it is about 5 miles west of here nearer to Roxana. I grew up in Edwardsville and I can remember messing around back here on my dirt bike before the tracks were torn out and made into a trail.