This large through and deck girder viaduct carries the former Wabash Railroad over the Monticello Railway Museum tracks, Lizard Creek, Center Street and Railroad Street in Monticello

Monticello, Piatt County, Illinois

Owner: Norfolk Southern Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1903 and 1913

by

American Bridge Company and William P. Carmichael Company of St. Louis, Missouri

for

Wabash Railroad

Design:
60' through plate girder, 3-60', 3-30' and 1-35' deck plate girders (east track)
60' through plate girder, 1-60' and 1-35' deck plate girders and 6-35' concrete deck girders (west track)

Description:
Through and deck plate girder viaduct over railroad, Lizard Creek, Center Street and Railroad Street

Significance:

This standard through plate girder bridge carries the former Wabash Railroad mainline over Marion Street in Monticello

Monticello, Piatt County, Illinois

Owner: Norfolk Southern Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1904 and 1913

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Wabash Railroad

Design:
35' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Marion Street

Significance:

This attractive Pratt through truss bridge carries the former Illinois Central Railroad over the Sangamon River on the west side of Monticello

Monticello, Piatt County, Illinois

Owner: City of Monticello

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1891

by

Pencoyd Iron Works of Pencoyd, Pennsylvania

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
159' Pratt through truss and timber pile trestle

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Sangamon River

Significance: