Peotone, IL: Milw/CM&G crosses IC and IL-50

(Satellite, Peotone has annexed the right-of-way between I-57 and IL-70)

Milwaukee abandoned the Joliet Branch in 1978.

Bill Molony posted
the Milwaukee Road's Joliet Branch crossed over the Illinois Central tracks and US Route 50 (just south of Peotone) on a fill and a pair of steel bridges - July, 1957.

Dave Ladislas Sr. remembers that there used to be a wooden trestle.
Dennis DeBruler Dave Ladislas Sr. In this 1939 aerial, there appears to be bents between each IC track, which would imply a wooden trestle. But it has modern concrete abutments, so it is not conclusive. It appears that IL-50 was already four lanes before WWII. That surprises me.
Bill Molony Dave Ladislas Sr. Yes, the later steel bridge replaced the original timber trestle.

1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP