Pontiac's Swinging Bridges - Pontiac, IL
Posted by: Metro2
N 40° 52.523 W 088° 37.356
16T E 363277 N 4526190
Pontiac, a small town on the old Route 66 has three swinging bridges- all spanning the Vermillion River in Pontiac, Illinois.
Waymark Code: WMBQXK
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 06/15/2011
Views: 17
The Illinois Route 66 webpage (
visit link) list this town's three swinging bridges as an area attraction. The coordinates listed above are for the Chautauqua Park Swinging Bridge.
The town's tourism website (
visit link) informs us:
"Three swinging bridges over the Vermillion River!
Bridge 1 connects Riverview Drive and Play Park. It was built in July 1898 by Joliet Bridge Company with an iron structure, 190 feet long and 4 feet wide and supported by cables swung from masonry piers. The current bridge is a wooden structure.
Bridge 2 connects the Play Park and Chautauqua Park - Eden M. Johnson Memorial circa 1926.
Bridge 3 connects the south side and Riverside-Humiston Park. It was built in connection with the adjoining park, circa 1978: Illinois Contractors, Inc."