List of crossings of the Illinois River

This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Illinois River from the Mississippi River upstream to the confluence of the Kankakee and Des Plaines Rivers.

Crossing Carries Location Coordinates
Brussels Ferry[1] Point Pct., Calhoun Co. and Quarry Twp., Jersey Co. west of Grafton 38°57′54.69″N 90°29′41.40″W
Hardin Bridge IL 16 / IL 100 Hardin 39°09′36.23″N 90°36′48.61″W
Kampsville Ferry[1] IL 108 Kampsville 39°17′59.04″N 90°36′20.78″W
Rail bridge Kansas City Southern Railway
originally Alton Railroad
Pearl 39°27′26.55″N 90°36′37.15″W
Florence Bridge IL 100 / IL 106 Florence 39°37′57.30″N 90°36′26.36″W
Valley City Eagle Bridges I-72 / US 36 Valley City 39°41′13.34″N 90°38′28.43″W
Rail bridge Norfolk Southern Railway
originally Wabash Railroad
Valley City 39°41′12.01″N 90°38′45.33″W
Rail bridge (removed 1959) Wabash Railroad
originally Northern Cross Railroad
Meredosia 39°49′34″N 90°33′51″W
Meredosia Bridge IL 104 Meredosia 39°49′50.30″N 90°33′55.92″W
Beardstown Bridge US 67 / IL 100 Beardstown 40°00′54.67″N 90°26′48.70″W
Rail bridge BNSF Railway
originally Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Beardstown 40°01′22.61″N 90°26′00.42″W
Scott W. Lucas Bridge US 136 / IL 78 / IL 97 Havana 40°17′38.92″N 90°04′08.24″W
Rail bridge Union Pacific Railroad
originally Chicago & North Western Railroad
Pekin 40°33′14.67″N 89°40′30.78″W
John T. McNaughton Bridge IL 9 Pekin 40°34′25.07″N 89°39′15.43″W
Shade-Lohmann Bridge I-474 / US 24 Bartonville and Creve Coeur 40°38′05.86″N 89°37′20.89″W
Rail bridge Peoria and Pekin Union Railway
Tazewell and Peoria Railroad
Toledo, Peoria and Western Railway
Peoria and East Peoria 40°40′03.40″N 89°36′40.59″W
Cedar Street Bridge IL 8 / IL 116 (and IL 29 until 2012) 40°40′38.42″N 89°36′00.84″W
Bob Michel Bridge IL 40 40°41′04.33″N 89°35′30.45″W
Murray Baker Bridge I-74 / IL 29 40°41′16.29″N 89°35′00.13″W
McClugage Bridge US 150 (and US 24 until 2012) 40°43′11.08″N 89°32′40.27″W
Rail bridge BNSF Railway
originally Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Chillicothe 40°55′44.43″N 89°27′40.40″W
Lacon Bridge IL 17 Sparland and Lacon 41°01′32.43″N 89°25′00.28″W
Henry Bridge IL 18 Henry 41°06′29.89″N 89°21′07.68″W
Hennepin Bridge (removed 1969?) IL 26 Hennepin 41°15′26.29″N 89°20′57.26″W
Gudmund "Sonny" Jessen Bridge I-180 / IL 26 41°15′39.13″N 89°20′50.79″W
Rail bridge (removed ? date) Norfolk Southern Railway
originally New York Central Railroad Illinois Division Kankakee Belt Route
De Pue 41°18′50.87″N 89°16′43.02″W
Spring Valley Bridge IL 89 Spring Valley 41°18′43.62″N 89°11′59.82″W
Peru Bridge IL 251 Peru 41°19′25.80″N 89°07′12.48″W
Shippingsport Bridge IL 351 LaSalle and Oglesby 41°18′52.05″N 89°05′30.57″W
Rail bridge Buzzi Unicem Railspur
originally Illinois Central Railroad
41°19′20.63″N 89°04′59.48″W
Abraham Lincoln Memorial Bridge I-39 / US 51 41°19′29.35″N 89°04′37.43″W
Utica Bridge IL 178 Utica 41°19′37.67″N 89°00′38.31″W
Ottawa Rail Bridge Illinois Railway
formerly BNSF Railway and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Ottawa 41°19′22.85″N 88°42′36.61″W
Veterans Memorial Bridge IL 23 / IL 71 41°19′22.85″N 88°42′36.61″W
Marseilles Bridge LaSalle County Highway 15 (Main Street) Marseilles 41°20′32.22″N 88°50′27.04″W
Seneca Bridge IL 170 Seneca 41°17′56.80″N 88°36′33.01″W
Seneca Rail Bridge CSX Transportation
formerly Kankakee and Seneca Railroad, jointly owned by Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad and Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railway
41°18′21.53″N 88°35′9.29″W
Morris Bridge IL 47 Morris 41°21′13.44″N 88°25′17.39″W
Rail lift bridge Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Aux Sable Twp., Grundy Co.

Upstream, the Illinois River starts as the merger of the Des Plaines River and the Kankakee River.

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