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Photo taken by Kim Harvey in September 2008

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Overview: Warren through truss bridge over E. Fork Wood River on Kansas City Southern Railway
Location: East Alton, Madison County, Illinois
Status: Open to railroad traffic, but rarely used
History: Built 1916
Builder: - King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
Railroads: - Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway (CCC&StL; Big 4)
- Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
Design: Warren through truss
Dimensions: Span length: 125.0 ft.
Total length: 125.0 ft.
Also called: Olin Winchester Railroad Spur Bridge
Powder Mill Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +38.88917, -90.10778 (decimal degrees)
38°53'21" N, 90°06'28" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 15/750855/4308454 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Bethalto
Land survey: T. 5 N., R. 9 W., Sec. 16
Inventory number: BH 37439 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Update Log

February 18, 2017: New photos from David Huffman
June 28, 2016: New photos from John Marvig
June 22, 2016: Updated by John Marvig: Added information
February 24, 2014: New photos from Jack Schmidt
October 9, 2013: New Street View added by J.P.
September 25, 2009: Updated by Kim Harvey: year built, railroad company, builder
September 18, 2008: Updated by Kim Harvey
September 16, 2008: Added by Kim Harvey

Sources

Kim Harvey
Terraserver Picture (2007)
J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
Jack Schmidt - jjturtle [at] earthlink [dot] net
John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com
David Huffman

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Powder Mill Bridge

Posted May 17, 2016, by Anonymous

KCS now uses the old ICG line.

Powder Mill Railroad Bridge

Posted September 27, 2009, by Albert E. Bertram (abertram8297 [at] charter [dot] net)

This spur originally ran off the old Big Four/New York Central line that ran along the east side of Powder Mill Road before curving around the north end of the Olin property towards Bethalto. It then continued on through Moro, Dorsey, Bunker Hill, Gillespie, and Litchfield before rejoining the main Big Four/NYC line at Hillsboro. You can still see the old roadbed in Cottage Hills and in Bethalto, where it was used for the Erwin Plegge Boulevard. According to people who lived in the area, I believe the line from Powder Mill road to Bunker Hill was abandoned sometime in the 1950's. The section of the line from Bunker Hill to Hillsboro may have remained open longer, as I still saw some remnants in the 1970'.

KCS - E. Fork Wood River Bridge