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Powder Mill Railroad Bridge

Madison County, Illinois
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Overview
Warren through truss bridge over Wood River Creek on Kansas City Southern Railway spur into Olin Winchester plant in East Alton
Location
East Alton, Madison County, Illinois
Status
Open to railroad traffic, but rarely used
History
Built alongside Powder Mill Road on a rarely used railroad spur leading into the Olin Winchester plant.
Builder
- King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
Design
Warren through truss
Also called
Olin Winchester Railroad Spur Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+38.88917, -90.10778   (decimal degrees)
38°53'21" N, 90°06'28" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
15/750855/4308454 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Bethalto
Inventory number
BH 37439 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1916 (442)
Built during 1910s (6,457)
East Alton, Illinois (5)
Illinois (2,245)
Kansas City Southern Railway (63)
King Bridge Co. (141)
Madison County, Illinois (74)
 Open (26,701)
Owned by railroad (2,899)
Through truss (8,515)
Truss (22,513)
Warren through truss (785)
Warren truss (3,554)

Update Log 

  • September 25, 2009: Updated by Kim Harvey: year built, railroad company, builder
  • September 18, 2008: Updated by Kim Harvey
  • September 16, 2008: Added by Kim Harvey

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Powder Mill Railroad Bridge
Posted September 27, 2009, by Albert E. Bertram (abertram8297 [at] charter [dot] net)

This spur originally ran off the old Big Four/New York Central line that ran along the east side of Powder Mill Road before curving around the north end of the Olin property towards Bethalto. It then continued on through Moro, Dorsey, Bunker Hill, Gillespie, and Litchfield before rejoining the main Big Four/NYC line at Hillsboro. You can still see the old roadbed in Cottage Hills and in Bethalto, where it was used for the Erwin Plegge Boulevard. According to people who lived in the area, I believe the line from Powder Mill road to Bunker Hill was abandoned sometime in the 1950's. The section of the line from Bunker Hill to Hillsboro may have remained open longer, as I still saw some remnants in the 1970'.