Enjoy a tour of
Monroe County, Illinois and find some caches along the way. This
tour will take you around the county to historic and scenic
places. Most of the containers are micros so if you do not like
those you might want to skip the tour. Please respect the
location of some of these caches and when parking along a
roadway stay safe. The majority of the caches are close to the
road or within short walking distance. One is a hike up a hill
but I guarantee the view from the top will be worth
it.
As of this date the
caches are numbered from north to south with # 1 being the northern
most cache. Since people will be starting from different locations
there is no set route. You do not have to do these in numerical
order, and you may not want to complete all of the tour in one
trip.
Some of the placements
are not the very "exciting" type, but you will have something to
look at while there and upon completion of the tour I hope you will
say it was worth it, including the common hides. At a couple of
locations if you have not been there before you may want to include
the time to stop and stay awhile.
There is only one rule
for this tour and it is that the hours are daylight only. There
will be less problems if you follow this rule and I am sure the
residents and police will appreciate it. Illinois state law
prohibits the entry of a cemetery after sunset. Enjoy, bring your
own pencil and additional stages may be added later.
# 1 - Jefferson Barracks
Bridge-Welcome to Illinois
Do not attempt to
find this from the interstate. This area is patrolled heavily and
it is illegal to park on the right of way.
Jefferson Barracks
Bridge, often called the J.B. Bridge, is a pair of bridges that
span the Mississippi River on the south side of St. Louis,
Missouri. Both bridges are 909 foot long steel arch bridges. The
first bridge was built in 1983, the second opened in 1992. A delay
occurred during the construction of the second bridge when a crane
dropped a section of it into the river and it had to be
rebuilt.
They replaced the former steel truss bridge built in 1941 that
originally carried U.S. Highway 50. It carries traffic for
Interstate 255 (part of the St. Louis beltway) and U.S. Highway 50.
Prior to the construction of the first bridge, river crossings in
this area were made via the Davis Street Ferry in the Carondelet
neighborhood of St. Louis.
The names comes from the nearby Jefferson Barracks National
Cemetery, itself originally part of the large Jefferson Barracks
military complex, established in 1826 and decommissioned in
1946.