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This steel stringer bridge carries a former joint Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) and Chicago & North Western Railway line across Franklin Street in Janesville
Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin
Owner: State of Wisconsin (Operated by Wisconsin & Southern Railroad)/Union Pacific Railroad
Status: In Use
Built 1931 and 1938
by
Unknown and Vierling Steel Works of Chicago, Illinois
for
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway and Chicago & North Western Railway
Design:
2-29' steel stringers
Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Franklin Street
Significance:
This standard deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad over Somonauk Creek east of Somonauk
Somonauk, DeKalb County, Illinois
Owner: BNSF Railway
Status: In Use
Built 1900
by
Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago
for
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
Design:
85' deck plate girder
Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Somonauk Creek
Significance:
This deck plate girder bridge has been converted to pedestrian use and is now a feature of a plaza in Urbana
Urbana, Champaign County, Illinois
Owner: City of Urbana
Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic
Built c. 1910
by
American Bridge Company of New York
for
Wabash Railroad
Design:
32' deck plate girder and timber pile trestle
Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Boneyard Creek
Significance:
This concrete arch culvert carries the former Illinois Central Railroad and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad over an unnamed creek along US Route 20 in East Dubuque
East Dubuque, Jo Daviess County, Illinois
Owner: Canadian National Railway/BNSF Railway
Status: In Use
Built 1907
by
Unknown
for
Illinois Central Railroad
Design:
7' concrete arch culvert
Description:
Concrete arch culvert over unnamed creek
Significance:
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This concrete encased beam and slab bridge crosses 19th Avenue Northeast near Monroe Street
Northeast Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota
Owner: BNSF Railway
Status: In Use
Built 1924
by
Unknown
for
Great Northern Railway
Design:
2-27' concrete encased beam and 2-15' concrete slab
Description:
Concrete encased beam and concrete slab bridge over 19th Avenue Northeast
Significance:
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