The Babylon Bend Bridge is one of nine metal highway bridges in

Fulton County, Illinois Fulton County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 census, it had a population of 37,069. Its county seat is Lewistown, and the largest city is Canton. Fulton County comprises the Canton, IL Micropolitan Statistic ...

listed on the National Register of Historic Places and still standing. This bridge was built in 1890 over the

Spoon River The Spoon River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed May 13, 2011 tributary of the Illinois River in west-central Illinois in the United States. The river drains largely ...

Historic Bridges of the U.S. , Babylon Bend Bridge
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Illinois Route 123 Illinois Route 123 (IL-123) is an east–west state highway in central Illinois, USA. long, it stretches from Historic Route 66 at Williamsville to Illinois Route 125 near Pleasant Plains. Route description All of IL-123's route is cont ...

near Ellisville. It was added to the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

on October 29, 1980, along with the eight other bridges, as one of the "Metal Highway Bridges of Fulton County. Some of the other bridges included the now demolished

Duncan Mills Bridge The Duncan Mills Bridge was one of nine metal highway bridges in Fulton County, Illinois nominated for the National Register of Historic Places. This particular one was located along west of Havana, Illinois near Lewistown. It was added to the Na ...

in Lewistown and the

Indian Ford Bridge The Indian Ford Bridge was one of nine metal highway bridges in Fulton County, Illinois listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This particular one was located along County Highway 20 as spans the Spoon River, southwest of London Mi ...

London Mills, Illinois London Mills is a village in Fulton and Knox counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 392 at the 2010 census, down from 447 at the 2000 census. The Fulton County portion of London Mills is part of the Canton Micropolitan Sta ...

. In total, six of the nine bridges have been destroyed.HAARGIS Database
, Fulton County Register sites search, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved 2 February 2007.

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Babylon Bend on Bridgehunter.com
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