Steve Conro

Isn't adding a google snap shot redundant when google map is already on the page? Photo's mean photo's.

Waited too long to field visit.

I agree there's no way a car has crossed this for MANY years. There is also two other bridges on the south side of the building I photoed and listed here. Unless any one has further history I figured as well to leave them all together.

I think in remembrance to history a name change is on order.

Good point and that makes a lot of sense. We thought it was quite a bridge for a private party and to get to the other side by road wasn't really that far.

Changed name from southbound to westbound. Route 66 is an even number and even though it seems more south here its considered east and westbound.

After getting up close and personal I'm saying it was never a route 66 alignment and I'm pretty confident its a rail bridge.

What even made this better was it was a complete surprise. I was going to photo the Rock Island Trail bridge in hopes it was still had the old rail bridge structure. I was disappointed that it wasn't, but discovered this gem behind it in the weeds.

Better pics will be had. Arrived too late, getting dark.

This is copied and pasted from the home page of this site. "Bridgehunter.com is a database of historic or notable bridges in the United States, past and present." NOTEABLE is defined as "worthy of special note". So I think this is close enough to fit that description.

As the saying goes "Be silent(or anonymous)and let people think you're an idiot or speak up and remove all doubt"

Mixon / Mixson coincidence ??

You sure about the road name. Map I have shows TP&W??

A 1928 map shows this to be a spur crossing the Fox River and ending up north of the dam. Must been some business that needed rail on the west side of the river.

Check out what I can only guess is an early highway bridge beyond.

You'd have to be an idiot to have even tried it. I crossed it 3 weeks before when I took photo's in an S10 pickup truck thought twice before doing it.