Cell towers in Metropolis, Illinois
The FCC register lists 20 antenna structures in and around Metropolis. That is the 28th highest count of any place in Illinois.
Overview
The FCC register lists 20 antenna structures in and around Metropolis, IL. That is the 28th highest count of any place in Illinois.
The register works out to 3.33 structures per square mile here.
Heights are uneven: the median is 53 m (174 ft) but the tallest is 115 m (376 ft), roughly 2.2 times that — usually the signature of a broadcast mast among shorter mobile sites.
The largest registered owner here is Bnsf Railway CO., which holds 3 of them — 15.0% of the local total. Owner is not the same as carrier: tower companies lease space on their structures to several networks at once.
The most recent registration on file here dates from 2021.
Structure types
| Tower | 11 | 55% |
| Monopole | 6 | 30% |
| Lattice tower | 2 | 10% |
| Mast | 1 | 5% |
Largest registered owners
owner is not the same as carrier| Bnsf Railway CO. Railroad | 3 | 15% |
| Illinois Central Railroad Company Railroad | 2 | 10% |
| Sba Properties, LLC Tower company | 2 | 10% |
| At&t Mobility Spectrum LLC Carrier | 2 | 10% |
| City of Metropolis Metropolis Municipal Airport Government | 1 | 5% |
Tallest registered structures
| Height | Type | Built | Owner | ASR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 115 m (376 ft) | Tower | 1988 | Gtc Uno, LLC | 113929 |
| 94 m (310 ft) | Tower | 2001 | Sba Properties, LLC | 2615699 |
| 90 m (295 ft) | Tower | 1985 | Waterway Communications System INC | 129916 |
| 79 m (260 ft) | Tower | 2004 | Tennessee Valley Authority | 2644031 |
| 78 m (255 ft) | Tower | 2001 | At&t Mobility Spectrum LLC | 2631584 |
| 77 m (251 ft) | Tower | 1995 | Withers Broadcasting Company of Paducah, LLC | 113928 |
| 66 m (217 ft) | Lattice tower | 2021 | Uniti Towers LLC | 2716457 |
| 63 m (208 ft) | Tower | 2001 | Sba Properties, LLC | 2623129 |
| 55 m (180 ft) | Lattice tower | 2002 | American Towers LLC | 2632169 |
| 54 m (178 ft) | Tower | 2004 | City of Metropolis | 2639892 |
| 52 m (170 ft) | Tower | 2006 | Massac Memorial Hospital | 2646147 |
| 47 m (154 ft) | Monopole | 2020 | Cellco Partnership | 2711644 |
| 40 m (130 ft) | Tower | 1994 | David Christian Dba Metro Service Center | 127671 |
| 20 m (66 ft) | Mast | 2018 | Illinois Central Railroad Company | 2705825 |
| 20 m (66 ft) | Monopole | 2016 | Illinois Central Railroad Company | 2698385 |
| 20 m (64 ft) | Monopole | 2014 | At&t Mobility Spectrum LLC | 2693107 |
| 15 m (50 ft) | Monopole | 2021 | Bnsf Railway CO. | 2712905 |
| 15 m (50 ft) | Monopole | 2021 | Bnsf Railway CO. | 2712907 |
| 12 m (39 ft) | Monopole | 2021 | Bnsf Railway CO. | 2712906 |
| 11 m (35 ft) | Tower | 2004 | City of Metropolis Metropolis Municipal Airport | 2632054 |
When they were registered
| 1980s | 2 | 10% |
| 1990s | 2 | 10% |
| 2000s | 8 | 40% |
| 2010s | 3 | 15% |
| 2020s | 5 | 25% |
Nearby places
About this data
Source is the FCC Antenna Structure Registration file of 2026-08-23. What it records is structures, not the radios mounted on them: the register cannot tell you which carrier operates from a given site.
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.