That old bridge got pretty slick during an ice storm. Also, mayflies would swarm the lights by the toll booth and your tires would spin out in the piles of dead ones.
1965 Mississippi River Flood cutoff US 34 highway; CB&Q Railroad; Carmen Road (then IL-96) on the Gulfport, IL side of the bridge. The CB&Q recovered, but removed the Carthage Jct. Wye at east end of their river bridge. The south section of CB&Q railroad from Carthage Jct. to Lomax and Dallas City was abandoned by 1970.
Seeing this video brings back good and bad memories of cross ing the Mississippi on this bridge. The bad memories were made right before the government closed it down and replaced it.
I think it cost a quarter to cross but you got a free return ticket, if you came back from Gulfport within 24 hours. Motorcycles was cheaper. Looks like mid 70's cars in the video.
JJGaming How long have you lived in Burlington? The old bridge would have been just south of the new one (by a few hundred yards). It was in service until the new one could be opened safely; then dismantled.
