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Historic Bridges: Madison County, Illinois

Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S  - Dismantled and/or in storage. L -  Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.

Total Bridges Found: 8

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Albers Lane Bridge
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Albers Lane Over Rocky Branch Creek in Rural: Madison County, Illinois, United States
Concrete Through Girder, Fixed
Length: 40 ft. Main Span: 37 ft. Roadway: 16 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1928 By: Unknown
This is an example of a standard plan concrete through girder in Illinois.
Chain of Rocks Bridge
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Pedestrian Walkway (Trailnet) (Historic US-66) Over Mississippi River in Granite City and St. Louis: Madison County, Illinois and St. Louis City, Missouri, United States
Metal Continuous 20 Panel Rivet-Connected Modified Warren (Subdivided) Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed
Length: 5,353 ft. Main Span: 700 ft. Roadway: 24 ft. Main Spans: 10
Built 1929 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and Baxter L. Brown and Edward B. Fay of St. Louis, Missouri
Converted for pedestrian use and an excellent preservation example, this strange bridge has a sharp bend in the middle.
Chain of Rocks Canal Bridge
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Chain of Rocks Road (Historic US-66) Over Chain of Rocks Canal in Granite City: Madison County, Illinois, United States
Metal 16 Panel Rivet-Connected Modified Polygonal Warren Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Continuous 8 Panel Rivet-Connected Warren Deck Truss,
Length: 2,368 ft. Main Span: 463 ft. Roadway: 17.7 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1949 By: Bushman Construction Company
This impressive bridge is noted for its large through truss span and rare continuous deck truss approach spans.
Genczo Overhead Road Bridge
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Genczo Overhead Road (TR-288) Over Railroad (Union Pacific) in Rural: Madison County, Illinois, United States
Concrete Through Girder, Fixed and Approach Spans: Concrete Continuous Slab, Fixed
Length: 99 ft. Main Span: 31 ft. Roadway: 16 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1901 By: Unknown
This appears to be a very old example of a concrete highway over railroad bridge.
Hillsboro Road Bridge
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Hillsboro Road Over Silver Creek Tributary in Rural: Madison County, Illinois, United States
Concrete Through Girder, Fixed
Length: 43 ft. Main Span: 40 ft. Roadway: 17.7 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built By: Unknown
This is an example of a standard plan concrete through girder in Illinois.
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I-270 Chain of Rocks Canal Bridge
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I-270 Over Chain of Rocks Canal in Granite City: Madison County, Illinois, United States
Metal Cantilever 16 Panel Bolt-Connected Warren Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Continuous Stringer (Multi-Beam),
Length: 1,990 ft. Main Span: 480 ft. Roadway: 30 ft. Main Spans: 3
Built 1963 By: American Bridge Company of New York, New York and Sverdrup and Parcel of St. Louis, Missouri
This attractive identical pair of cantilever truss bridges were reduced to scrap metal in favor of a mundane steel stringer replacement bridge.
McKinley Bridge
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Salisbury Street Over Mississippi River in St. Louis and Venice: St. Louis City, Missouri and Madison County, Illinois, United States
Metal 18 Panel Multiple-Type-Connected Pennsylvania Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Length: 5,734 ft. Main Span: 518 ft. Roadway: 24 ft. Main Spans: 3
Built 1910 By: Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania and Ralph Modjeski
This massive truss bridge is an early surviving example of work by a master engineer and also is noted for the length of its simple truss spans.
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Merchants Bridge
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Railroad (Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis) Over Mississippi River in St. Louis and Venice: St. Louis City, Missouri and Madison County, Illinois, United States
Metal 18 Panel Pin-Connected Pennsylvania Through Truss, Fixed and Approach Spans: Metal Deck Girder, Fixed
Length: 4,340 ft. Main Span: 518 ft. Main Spans: 3
Built 1890 By: Union Bridge Company of Athens, Pennsylvania and Buffalo, New York and George Shattuck Morison
Despite national significance as the design work of famous engineer George Morison and extremely long truss span length, this bridge was sentenced to scrapping.

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