CB&Q+NC&StL+IC Bridge over Ohio River at Metropolis, IL
( Bridge Hunter , Historic Bridges , Satellite ) Note the far (Kentucky side) span is longer. At the time, it was a record long 720' simple span. The other four spans are "just" 551'. 20150821 4227 sternwheel-part4 has a couple of photos of the bridge. That page also has seven facts including: "At 708 feet the bridge contains the longest pin-connected simple through truss span in the world." Birds-Eye View David Honan David Honan 20171230 9402c, east elevation taken from the I-24 Bridge (I still haven't figured out why my bridge pictures are typically so hazy.) First of nine p hotos in C Hanchey's Illinois Flickr Album , License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY-NC) I have noticed that when you take I-57 to Kentucky you pass under a BN overpass in the southern part of the state. This surprised me when I first saw it because the motto of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy was "Everywhere West." Not South. Like the Milwaukee Road, CB...