US-60+62 over Mississippi River near Cairo, IL

(Bridge Hunter; John A. Weeks III;  Historic Bridges; Satellite)

Taken from the Kentucky approach to the Ohio River Bridge. As Historic Bridges explains, this bridge has a unique silhouette for a twin tower cantilever bridge because the two cantilever arms are extended by regular truss spans.

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Cody Perry posted, cropped

John Weeks

Taken from the Illinois approach of the Ohio River Bridge.


The water in the middle of the photo above was because the river levels were high. In this street view we can see that the water is deep and covering a lot of land. And that the parking lot, as well as the roads, are built on fill to keep them out of the water.

Street View

When I realized how much water was out there, I went back and looked at the bad photos my wife got of the bridge. This one shows that all of the land between the two bridges was under water!

wildcatjon2000 commented on Bridge Hunter
Panoramic of both bridges in Cairo.
[Obviously, it is taken from Missisippi-Ohio River Confluence so the Mississippi Bridge is on the left and the Ohio Bridge is on the right.]

Casey Kidders commented on his post for the Ohio River bridge
They look remarkably similar.

W.D. Pursell posted
Bird's eye view of the confluence of the Ohio & Mississippi Rivers
[This bridge is on the left. The Muddy Mississippi is indeed muddy.]
Brian Klawitter: In late Jan/Feb the Mississippi cleans up so well a person can see up to 20'. Ground is frozen, no run off, no tow traffic ect.

It was closed for a year in 2016 to do $3m worth of joint and beam repairs. [TheSouthern] Having the I-57 bridge just upstream gives them the luxury of closing this bridge to minimize the cost of repairs.

35 photos of the area when the park at the confluence was completely flooded