Joe Page Bridge — Local services in Hardin

I've only lived in the immediate area for 6 months, but we made sure we knew how to get into Hardin and across this bridge. When you live on a peninsula & depend on ferry service to get to "the mainland", you may be without the ferry in the event of the rivers freezing, and the same is true when there is flooding. Last Wednesday was the first time I had a delay due to the bridge being raised for a barge to pass. When I hear "drawbridge", it conjures images of something medieval - a bridge that separates in the middle, with each "arm" reaching toward the sky. This is not THAT at all! The entire center section lifts straight up! It can make for a fairly lengthy delay, so give yourself about 20 extra minutes if you go this route. It truly is a...

We usually go across the bridge to go to the restaurant the Barefoot Club sadly to say since the flooding it is still not open my boyfriend and I were discussing how great it is to have the old bridge the young kids someday we'll never know how they worked or what they look like we hope this bridge stays up for a long time it makes for a beautiful Saturday or Sunday Drive definitely take the children hopefully the bridge will go up so they can see how things operated a long time ago and still works to...

This is a magical bridge that leads to a magical place. Okay so it may be a slight exaggeration, but Calhoun County is a unique place in the state of Illinois. It is often said Calhoun is 50 miles and 50 years from everywhere else. The Joe Page bridge can be fun or frustrating if you have to sit and wait for barges to pass. Life...