In addition, the line was extended to East Hannibal, Illinois in 1873. The spur branched off the existing line at Fall Creek, Illinois.
By 1876, it would come under control of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy who had built a massive amount of track through the area.
CB&Q would operate this as a branch line, abandoning a section from Fall Creek to Pike County in 1951.
By 1970, CB&Q would merge with Northern Pacific and Great Northern to form Burlington Northern, who would later abandoned the remainder of the line in 1985.
Today, only a short stub of the line continues to exist, and is a branch of the Brookfield Subdivision. The line became part of BNSF Railway, after a 1996 merger between BN and Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe formed BNSF.
06/26/21
This small concrete slab bridge crosses Cedar Street in Quincy.
The bridge is simply built, using two small concrete slabs. The abutments are constructed of stone while the center pier is constructed of concrete.
It is believed that this bridge was constructed in the late 1920s to replace a girder bridge.
The author has ranked the bridge as being minimally significant, due to the common design and not overly historic nature of the bridge.
The photo above is an overview.