This is a list of bridges and other crossings of the Illinois River from the Mississippi River upstream to the confluence of the Kankakee and Des Plaines Rivers.
Crossing Carries Location CoordinatesBrussels FerryPoint Pct., Calhoun Co. and Quarry Twp., Jersey Co. west of GraftonHardin BridgeHardinKampsville FerryKampsvilleRail bridgeKansas City Southern Railway originally Alton RailroadPearlFlorence BridgeFlorenceValley City Eagle BridgesValley CityRail bridgeNorfolk Southern Railwayoriginally Wabash RailroadValley CityRail bridge (removed 1959)Wabash Railroad originally Northern Cross RailroadMeredosiaMeredosia BridgeMeredosiaBeardstown BridgeBeardstownRail bridgeBNSF Railwayoriginally Chicago, Burlington and Quincy RailroadBeardstownScott W. Lucas BridgeHavanaRail bridgeUnion Pacific Railroad originally Chicago & North Western RailroadPekinJohn T. McNaughton BridgePekinShade-Lohmann BridgeBartonville and Creve CoeurRail bridgePeoria and Pekin Union RailwayTazewell and Peoria RailroadToledo, Peoria and Western RailwayPeoria and East PeoriaCedar Street Bridge (and until 2012)Bob Michel BridgeMurray Baker BridgeMcClugage Bridge (and until 2012)Rail bridgeBNSF Railway originally Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe RailwayChillicotheLacon BridgeSparland and LaconHenry BridgeHenryHennepin Bridge (removed 1969?)HennepinGudmund "Sonny" Jessen BridgeRail bridge (removed ? date)Norfolk Southern Railway originally New York Central Railroad Illinois Division Kankakee Belt RouteDe PueSpring Valley BridgeSpring ValleyPeru BridgePeruShippingsport BridgeLaSalle and OglesbyRail bridgeBuzzi Unicem Railspur originally Illinois Central RailroadAbraham Lincoln Memorial BridgeUtica BridgeUticaOttawa Rail BridgeIllinois Railway formerly BNSF Railway and Chicago, Burlington and Quincy RailroadOttawaVeterans Memorial BridgeMarseilles BridgeLaSalle County Highway 15 (Main Street)MarseillesSeneca BridgeSenecaSeneca Rail BridgeCSX Transportation formerly Kankakee and Seneca Railroad, jointly owned by Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad and Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis RailwayMorris BridgeMorrisRail lift bridgeElgin, Joliet and Eastern RailwayAux Sable Twp., Grundy Co.
Upstream, the Illinois River starts as the merger of the Des Plaines River and the Kankakee River.
References
See also List of crossings of the Upper Mississippi River List of crossings of the Lower Mississippi River