Babylon Bend Bridge

Babylon Bend Bridge
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Location:	Ellisville, Fulton County, Illinois, USA
Coordinates:	40°37′37″N 90°18′18″W / 40.62694, -90.305Coordinates: 40°37′37″N 90°18′18″W / 40.62694, -90.305
Built/Founded:	1890
Added to NRHP:	October 29, 1980^[1]
NRHP Reference#:	80001355
MPS:	MPL011 - Metal Highway Bridges of Fulton County Thematic Resources

The Babylon Bend Bridge is one of nine metal highway bridges in Fulton County, Illinois listed on the National Register of Historic Places and still standing. This bridge was built in 1890 over Spoon River^[2] and is located along Illinois Route 123 near Ellisville. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 29, 1980, along with the eight other bridges, as one of the "Metal Highway Bridges of Fulton County.^[1] Some of the other bridges included the now demolished Duncan Mills Bridge in Lewistown and the Indian Ford Bridge in London Mills, Illinois. In total, five of the nine bridges have been destroyed.^[3]

[edit] Notes

^ ^a ^b NRIS Database, National Register of Historic Places, retrieved January 28, 2007.
^ Historic Bridges of the U.S. | Babylon Bend Bridge
^ HAARGIS Database, Fulton County Register sites search, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved 2 February 2007.

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