Located in the town of Wilmington, this small deck girder bridge once crossed Water Street.
Built in 1930, the bridge likely replaced a wooden trestle. The bridge featured a single deck plate girder span, set onto concrete substructures.
While that bridge was built for three tracks, only one was in use at the time of replacement.
Unfortunately, the spans were replaced in 2017 as part of a mass upgrade project between Chicago and Saint Louis for high speed passenger rail. Unfortunately, this upgrade destroyed dozens of historic bridges.
At the time of replacement, the bridge was in fair to poor condition.
The author has ranked this bridge as being minimally significant, due to the common designs.