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GM&O - Kaskaskia River Bridge
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GM&O - Kaskaskia River Bridge
Southern Illinoisan: June 15 1972
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BH Photo #442591
Description
Piers and one abutment visible on Google aerial imagery. Center pier is round suggesting it served as the pivot for a swing bridge.
Facts
- Overview
- Lost bridge over Kaskaskia River (former channel) on Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railway west of Baldwin
- Location
- Randolph County, Illinois
- Status
- No longer exists
- History
- Built ca. 1906; Removed in the 1970s after the river was rechanneled
- Railroad
- - Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad (GMO)
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +38.18882, -89.88207 (decimal degrees)
38°11'20" N, 89°52'55" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/247586/4230692 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Red Bud
- Inventory number
- BH 75191 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- January 18, 2019: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
- January 17, 2019: New photo from Melissa Brand-Welch
- January 14, 2017: Updated by Luke: Added info
- January 14, 2017: Added by James Baughn
Removed 1972.