GM&O - Kaskaskia River Bridge

Photos

Southern Illinoisan: June 15 1972

BH Photo #442591

Piers and one abutment visible on Google aerial imagery. Center pier is round suggesting it served as the pivot for a swing bridge.

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)

GM&O - Kaskaskia River Bridge

Posted October 16, 2019, by Christopher Bodkin (bodkin6071 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Removed 1972.

GM&O - Kaskaskia River Bridge

Posted April 5, 2019, by John (Johntherogger [at] gmail [dot] com)

Unless it's changed since I was last there.....you could still see a few of the bridge piers in the water that we're not removed back in the day