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Roads of the Mid-South & West > Highways of the State of Illinois > Illinois River Bridge @ Morris, Illinois-Illinois State Route 47 > Illinois River Bridge Images
Monday, March 17th, 2003

NB IL St Rt 47 near Pine Bluff Road.

NB IL St Rt 47 at the Illinois River.

View of what is left of the old river bridge with the new one in the back ground.

Closeup of the southern approch sections. The mangled reminets of the main span wade in the rivers southern shores.

Closeup view of a backhoe removing a old pier.

Another view of the southern sections of the old bridge.

More sections of twisted metal from the old bridge.

Looking south from Washington Street at the bridges.
Tuesday, March 25th, 2003

The last remaining souther sections were dropped. A section of the I-Beams remain at the top of one pier.