The Vermilion County Fairgrounds Stone Arch Tunnel, Batestown, Illinois

This stone arch tunnel near the Vermilion County Fairgrounds was built in 1901 for the Peoria & Eastern Railway. The rail line was used almost exclusively for grain hauling and the line was last used in the 1990s by Conrail. The bridge spans a seldom used one lane gravel road and also spans a small creek that is channeled next to the road.

Also just 50 yards from the stone arch tunnel I found this concrete culvert that possibly carried a driveway back to a clearing in the woods.

GPS Location: 40°07’20.2″N 87°43’11.2″W