NS/Wabash #508 1880+1921,1959 Bridges over Illinois River near Valley City, IL

(1959 Bridge Hunter; 1880+1921 Bridge Hunter; no Historic Bridges; John A. Weeks III; Satellite)

1959 Bridge

Per the comment by Rose Anne Craven below, this bridge was put in service Mar 9, 1959.

Lisa Ruble posted
Wabash Railroad Bridge (new bridge built in 1959) over the Illinois River from Scott County Illinois to Pike County Illinois at Valley City - this railroad bridge is now Norfolk Southern. View looking to the east, from the Pike County (Valley City) side. You can see the rail line curving off to the north, where it will pass through Naples before continuing on to Bluffs (Naples and Bluffs are both in Scott County Illinois).
Richard Fiedler shared

MP Rail Photography posted

NS 251 crosses the Illinois River at Valley City as the train heads eastbound on the Springfield-Hannibal District.

August 31, 2024

Valley City, Illinois

Power:

NS 4330 - AC44C6M

MP Rail Photography posted with the same comment

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John Weeks

1880 and 1921 Bridge

Wabash RR photo via Bridge Hunter, License: Released into public domain

Wabash RR photo via Bridge Hunter
[Taken during the transition from the old to new bridges.]

Photographer unknown via Bridge Hunter
[Looks like the river is in a flood stage.]

Photographer unknown via Bridge Hunter, License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (CC BY-NC-SA)
[Another flood stage photo.]