Cell towers in East Alton, Illinois
The FCC register lists 6 antenna structures in and around East Alton. That is the 194th highest count of any place in Illinois.
Overview
East Alton, IL has 6 registered antenna structures on the FCC register — the 194th largest count among the 1,119 places in Illinois that have any.
The 6 structures here sit at 1.13 per square mile of land.
At a median of 40 m (133 ft), structures here run 35.7% shorter than the Illinois median of 63 m (206 ft).
American Towers LLC holds more registrations here than any other entity, at 2 of 6.
The oldest structure on file here was registered in 1996, the newest in 2017 — 21 years of build-out visible in one register.
Structure types
| Tower | 3 | 50% |
| Mast | 2 | 33% |
| Lattice tower | 1 | 17% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| American Towers LLC Tower company | 2 | 33% |
| St. Louis Regional Airport Authority Government | 1 | 17% |
| Vertical Bridge Ntcf, LLC Tower company | 1 | 17% |
| Union Pacific Railroad Company Railroad | 1 | 17% |
| Ccatt LLC Tower company | 1 | 17% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 64 m (210 ft) | Lattice tower | 2017 | Union Pacific Railroad Company | 2700218 |
| 48 m (157 ft) | Tower | 1996 | Ccatt LLC | 2682968 |
| 41 m (135 ft) | Mast | 2003 | American Towers LLC | 2620027 |
| 40 m (130 ft) | Tower | 2004 | Vertical Bridge Ntcf, LLC | 2641817 |
| 32 m (105 ft) | Tower | 2005 | American Towers LLC | 2642223 |
| 11 m (35 ft) | Mast | 2005 | St. Louis Regional Airport Authority | 2641043 |
When they were registered
| 1990s | 1 | 17% |
| 2000s | 4 | 67% |
| 2010s | 1 | 17% |
Nearby places
- Wood River 7
- Alton 11
- Godfrey 6
- Edwardsville 18
- Granite City 7
About this data
Figures are drawn from the FCC's public antenna structure register (2026-08-23). It covers structures that need registering — broadly those over 200 feet or close to an airport — and not the many shorter installations that carry mobile traffic.
The FCC Antenna Structure Registration database covers structures that require registration — generally those over 200 feet or near airports. Many small cells, rooftop antennas and short towers are not registered and will not appear here.
"Owner" is the entity that registered the structure, usually a tower company such as American Tower or Crown Castle. It does not indicate which carriers operate equipment on the structure.