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Overview: Abandoned pony plate-girder bridge over the Cache River Diversion Channel next to IL 3
Location: Alexander County, Illinois
Status: Still standing, but rails removed
Design: Pony plate girder
Approximate latitude, longitude: +37.09294, -89.25665 (decimal degrees)
37°05'35" N, 89°15'24" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/299442/4107564 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map: Cache
Inventory number: BH 15003 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

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Cache Channel Illinois Central Bridge

Posted February 12, 2007, by John P. Kohlberg (iselinshop [at] mn [dot] rr [dot] com)

Just want to clarify things based on the previous comment. This is a GM&O era bridge across the Cache Channel. I have a photo dated May 21, 1965, taken by the GM&O, of this bridge.

Cache Channel Illinois Central Bridge

Posted August 22, 2005, by Gary (angler1956 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

The bridge was used by the GM&O. It was built during the Cache River diversion project.

The GM&O never crossed the Cache before this project. May have been a ICG bridge after the merger in the 1970's. The other Cache river IC bridge is at another location.