Riverview Drive Swinging Bridge - Pontiac, IL
Posted by: Metro2
N 40° 52.600 W 088° 37.414
16T E 363198 N 4526335
This is one of three swinging bridges- all spanning the Vermillion River in Pontiac, Illinois.
Waymark Code: WMBQJH
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 06/13/2011
Views: 4
This pedestrian bridge is the first one listed on the town's tourism website (
visit link) where we learn that the bridge
"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.
Visit Instructions:
Walk across the bridge! That is why you came here, wasn't it?
Bring a camera so that you can take a photo of the bridge. Upload at least one photo that you took of the bridge, you or others can be in the photo.
Include any additional history that you may know or have learned about the bridge.
Last but not least, include any story you may have about finding the bridge or your journey across the bridge.