1970+2010 LA-1 Leeville Bridges over Bayou Lafourche on the way to Grand Isle, LA

1970: (Archived Bridge Hunter; Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges)

2010: (Satellite)

Because LDOT standardized the design for their lift bridge, the old lift bridge probably looked like the Crescent Avenue Bridge.

Street View, May 2008

Street View, May 2008

I had trouble finding this bridge because it doesn't exist and because it is rather far away from Grand Isle. But the above street views confirm that I found the correct bridge.

Living in Louisiana posted
grand isle, la ..., LA, looking southeast towards Grand Isle and the Gulf of Mexico
[I should have read the comments before looking for the bridge. The is one of several comments that provided the correct information.]

Billy Chiasson: That's not Grand Isle. That's Leeville looking north towards golden meadow, not southeast towards Grand Isle or the gulf. And that bridge was demolished around 2009 and no longer exists.

[What is the economic benefit of foreign bots spamming Facebook?]

Given that the lift span is built rather high above the water, I wonder what percentage of the boats could pass underneath without requiring the 181' (55m) span to be lifted.

 

According to a comment on ArchivedBridgeHunter, the new bridge was part of a project to elevate LA-1 above the swampland between Golden Meadow and Port Fourchon..

Karen LaCorte, Apr 2018

Are they building these platforms for use somewhere else or is drilling that dense in this area?

Michael Bessler, Jan 2018

CSX/C&EI over White river at Decker, IN

(Archived Bridge Hunter; could not find in Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)

This 715' (218m) long bridge has a main span of 219' (67m). [ArchivedBridgeHunter]

April 2025 Flood:

Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Historical Society posted
The flooding White River crested at 30' on April 12, 2025 at Hazleton, Indiana.  The White River hasn't been this high since the historic flood of 1937.  Brian Vieck took this drone photo of a CSX train crossing the former C&EI bridge over the White River between Hazleton and Decker about the time the river crested.  The flood level at Hazleton is 16' and the normal level is about 3-5'.

1892+1918 UP/C&EI Lake Shelbyville Bridge near Findley, IL

(Archived Bridge Hunter, no Historic Bridges; Satellite)

Lake Shelbyville is a huge lake created by this dam.

Alan Franklin posted
Dennis DeBruler: This is the first photo I have seen of this bridge over Lake Shelbyville.

Alan Franklin: In general or with UP 4014?

Dennis DeBruler: In general

Google eBook, p342 via BridgeHunter

Google eBook, p343 via BridgeHunter

Google eBook, p344 via BridgeHunter

 

Google eBook, p342 via BridgeHunter

A significant part of the crossing is the landfill approaches.

Satellite

Aban/C&EI Collison Trestle over Middle Fork Vermilion River

(Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)

DNR via BridgeHunter

1 of several from hhop via BridgeHunter
"Sunday found me at a different location. I had fun checking out this old abandoned railroad trestle. Not sure of it's age, but the steel connections are all riveted; a method of fastening that has not been commonly used for quite some time. The stone foundations also show considerable wear."
[His comment about "riveted" made me look twice because I had seen pin connections. Looking closer, the span is pin connected but the tower uses gussets and rivets. So this bridge was either built during the transition between the two methods of connecting members or the tower was rehabilitated.]

John Marvig posted four photos with the comment: "Former CE&I Collison Trestle across the Middle Fork Vermilion River just south of Potomac.  The bridge was built in 1893, although it is now abandoned.  Judging by the condition of one pier, this bridge may not have much time left.  The bridge and surrounding land are part of IDNR land.  Best views of the bridge come from the west bank."

Carter B Morris Sr.: The old Rossville/Sidell branch.

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CSX/C&EI Bridge over Wabash River at Clinton, IN

(Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; Satellite)

The depot and freight house in Clinton has been preserved.

2013 Photo by Brent Tindall via BridgeHunter, License: Released into public domain

2013 Photo by Brent Tindall via BridgeHunter, License: Released into public domain

It looks like the Wabash was running high in the Summer of 2018.

Street View, Jun 2018

Since there were five street view photos from the bridge, I checked the other four. They all had lower river levels than the Jun 2018 photo. This is one of the lower ones.

Street View, Oct 2008

I lucked out in that the street view camera took a photo just as it got to the tracks so I can see between trees.

Street View, Jul 2013

R David Meyer posted two photos with the comment: "CSX (C&EI) bridge across the Wabash River, Clinton, Indiana."

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Robert Gibson Jr. commented on David's post
I took this photo looking east through the Clinton bridge in August 1981

csxthsociety

A satellite image reminded me that the Wabash can have some serious flood plains. The bridge that we can see over the main channel is less than half of the total length of the bridge.

Satellite

Timelapse Video of Replacing a CSX/C&EI Bridge

(Bridge Hunter; Satellite)

Out with the old:

Screenshot
Jim Pearson Photography posted

Street View

In with the new:

Screenshot

MoPac/C&EI (C&WI) 35th (37th) Street Yard

(Satellite)

In later years, UP used this C&EI yard for storage for their intermodal service in Canalport.

William Brown posted
From the J Quinn Collection, an Missouri Pacific Transfer with C&EI 213 is retrieving it's Caboose at the CB&Q's Cicero Yard in May of 1967. The C&EI merged with the MP in May of 1967. The 213 is a GP7 built in March 1950. It was renumbered MP 78. It was then transferred to the L&N as their 396. It was later renumbered to L&N 2220. Finally renumbered SCL 628.
Bob Lalich: I believe that whomever labeled the photo was unfamiliar with the area, or simply got confused. I am certain that the location of the photo was the C&WI at 33rd St. The view is to the NW. At the time of the photo, the C&EI/MP leased 37th St Yard from the C&WI. Among other traffic, the yard handled TOFC. The GP was likely tacking the caboose on the end of the train in preparation for departure to the south.
Additional clues are seen too. The signal bridge was located just north of 33rd St. The gap in the tracks is the result of removal of track #5 between 21st St and 40th St, which happened in the late 1950s. The four stacks in the distance are Commonwealth Edison's Fisk Station. Aerial photos from the 1960s show the stacks in that arrangement.
Brandon McShane: Technically, C&EI wasn't merged into MP till 1976, though MP bought control in 1967 (subject to sale of Woodland Jct-Evansville to L&N).

Dennis DeBruler shared

Per the comments, this caboose is in its home yard of 37th Street Yard rather than being retrieved from CB&Q's Cicero Yard.

This yard not only still exists, it still has most of its tracks:

https://www.google.com/.../@41.8302245,-87.../data=!3m1!1e3

Dennis DeBruler commented on William's post

Wow, that UP yard still has most of its tracks.

https://www.google.com/.../@41.8299487,-87.../data=!3m1!1e3

C&EIRHS posted
Photo 5036-H from the C&EI Historical Society archives showing the piggyback ramp at Chicago c1956.
Eric Sibul shared
[C&EI converted flatcars to piggyback cars in their Oaklawn Shops.]

Dennis DeBruler commented on Eric's share
According to the comments by Rick La Fever in the base post, it was in the yellow rectangle. I noticed that the topo map accurately records that there was space between each pair of tracks.
1953 Englewood Quad @ 24,000

Dennis DeBruler commented on Eric's share
I noticed in a satellite image that the embankment for the lead down into the side yard still exists. You can see it in this Oct 2011 street view.
https://www.google.com/.../data=!3m7!1e1!3m5...

Dennis DeBruler commented on Eric's share
Before it was a piggyback yard, it looks like it was a freight house. A 1938 aerial photo
https://clearinghouse.isgs.illinois.edu/webdocs/ilhap/county/data/cook/flight12/0bwq08056.jpg

Dennis DeBruler commented on Eric's share
Rick La Fever After rereading your comments, I have to ask: or was it here in the C&WI team tracks that the owners shared?
https://www.google.com/maps/@41.8437041,-87.638145,895m/data=!3m1!1e3

Bob Lalich commented on Eric's share
I think the photo was taken at 33rd St looking SSE. The map shows three tracks grouped together and a concrete ramp. Seems to fit.

Arch Bridges in and near Danville, IL

Junior Hill posted
KB&S NB near Newell, IL, rambles across an ancient concrete arch bridge built by the CTH&SE and later used by MILW as their Southeastern Line. Line currently owned by the KBS. 9/13/2012
Dennis DeBruler Over Stoney Creek,
https://www.google.com/.../@40.1921315,-87.../data=!3m1!1e3
Bridge Hunter missed this one. That doesn't happen too often in Illinois.
https://bridgehunter.com/il/vermilion/
Junior Hill Dennis DeBruler Nice job pinpointing that one! Did u add it to bridgehunter now?
Dennis DeBruler Junior Hill I'm not a member of Bridge Hunter, just a user. But may I add your photos to my blogs?
https://industrialscenery.blogspot.com/.../arch-bridges...
Junior Hill Dennis DeBruler Go right ahead. I'm. Gona check out bridgehunter, haven't been on there much.
Ken Morrison continues just south with a concrete arch over Poland Road (County 2200 N), then a more conventional steel bridge over the NYC Egyptian line...
Dennis DeBruler Ken Morrison https://www.google.com/.../data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sS...
Larry Graham Southern Indiana Ry. Chicago Southern subsidiary construction. Walsh spared no expense on engineering projects.
That post by Junior Hill got me looking at the bridges in Vermilion Country, IL.

I was able to find that Junior's KB&S/Milwaukee/CTH&SE Bridge spans Stony Creek.

3D Satellite

While looking for the bridge, I learned there are several more interesting arch bridges in the county. Near Danville, the Vermilion River branches into the North, Middle and Salt Branchs. (Why Salt instead of South?) There must have been a contractor in the area who liked building with concrete because in addition to the following railroad bridges there are several grade separation bridges constructed as concrete arches. And there are lost or abandoned arch bridges for Griffin Street over Stony Creek, Mill Street over North Fork Vermilion River,  Gilbert Street over Vermilion River and Old Dam Road over Little Vermilion River.

CSX/Big4 Stone Bridge over Stony Creek

(Bridge Hunter; Satellite)

Via Bridge Hunter

1906 Postcard via Bridge Hunter

CSX/Big4/P&E 1905 "The Arches" over the Salt Fork Vermilion River

(Bridge Hunter)  P&E = Peoria & Eastern

3D Satellite

1909 Postcard via Bridge Hunter

Bridge Hunter has several more construction photos and some engineering drawings

A Rocky Start
Written by Mike Roegner
Before the Salt Fork river bridge was built, Big Four trains from the Cairo Division would switch to the Wabash at Tilton, IL and use the Vermilion River bridge to cross the river to Danville Junction station. The switch to the Salt Fork River bridge was made at the beginning of January, 1906. A few weeks later the new bridge was closed to traffic and trains were again switching to the Wabash and using the Vermilion River Bridge. There was a problem with fill material on the new route sliding down the embankment into the Salt Fork River. It got so bad that tracks on the approaches were left hanging with no support. It was believed that the contractor hadn't blasted deep enough into the surrounding shale. The remedy was to bring in slag from the steel mills in the Indiana Harbor area. That was the destination of most coal trains using the new Indiana Harbor division, so it was a convenient solution.
[Bridge Hunter]

CSX/Big4/P&E 1902 Wyton over the North Fork Vermilion River

(Bridge Hunter; Satellite)
"The Largest piece of Concrete Work in the U.S." in 1902 gives us an idea of how bleeding edge concrete was at the beginning of the 20th Century and how rapidly concrete building progressed because three years later they built the above "The Arches" bridge.

Postcard via Bridge Hunter

Trail?/Aban/CR/Big4/P&E 1922 Bridge over Conkey Branch

(Bridge Hunter)  There is a question mark after "trail" because that is currently only a plan.

Street View

CSX/C&EI 1906 Bridge over Stony Creek

(Bridge Hunter; 3D Satellite)

Vintage Photo via Bridge Hunter

Aban/NS/NKP Culvert over Newman's Creek

(Bridge Hunter; Satellite)

Jacob P. Bernard via Bridge Hunter

A Dam

While looking for arch bridges, I also found a fairly impressive dam.

3D Satellite