New Highway Bridge across the Ohio River, Cairo, Illinois, circa 1940

Subjects: Bridges & Dams Rivers & Streams Ships & Boats
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of New Highway Bridge across the Ohio River, Cairo, Illinois, circa 1940, Mr & Mrs Steve Pearce, MO, USA, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

About this postcard

A long cantilever truss highway bridge of green-painted steel strides across the broad Ohio River on tall concrete piers, with a sternwheel towboat pushing a string of barges downstream beneath it. The card names it the "New Highway Bridge across Ohio River at Cairo, Illinois," the span linking Illinois with Kentucky at the river's confluence with the Mississippi. This is the Cairo Ohio River Bridge, a cantilever truss completed in 1938 to carry U.S. highways 51, 60 and 62 across the river, later joined by a parallel span.

Postcard Details

Message · English, in pen

Luka, Miss. Dear Aunt Rose - Just a line from [illegible] weary traveler. We have come some nice [illegible], ate. Have been in Ill, [illegible] Tenn, Mississippi + are head to enter Ala. Going to Birm ingham Ala. + maybe farther. Left Luke C. with his Grandma. Hope you are fine - Love, Annabell

PostmarkedTunica, MS

Addressed to

Mr & Mrs Steve Pearce

R. Route, Chillicothe, MO

Postcard record

Postmarked	Tunica, MS
Publisher	Curteich
Series	8A-H1677
Condition	Very good
Place addressed	Mr & Mrs Steve Pearce, R. Route, Chillicothe, MO
Place mentioned	Cairo News Co., Cairo, IL
Publisher	Curteich, Chicago, IL
Stamp	1c George Washington, green, perforated on all sides
Notes	Linen-textured stock with a white border; printed card number 8A-H1677 at lower right. Postmark: TUNICA, MISS 1947 (month/day obscured by handwriting). Divided-back linen-era card with 1¢ green Washington stamp; Curteich "C.T. Art-Colortone" imprint and Cairo News Co. distributor line. Light edge wear and slight corner creasing.

Cite this card

New Highway Bridge across the Ohio River, Cairo, Illinois, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/new-highway-bridge-across-the-ohio-river-cairo-illinois-circ. Accessed October 25, 2026.