This trough floor steel stringer bridge is the eastern of three parallel bridges across Ogden Avenue (former US Route 66) at this location

Near West Side, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: CSX Corporation

Status: In Use

Built 1909

by

Chicago Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois

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Railroad/Original Owner: Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad

Design: 4-28', 2-14' trough floor steel stringer

Trough floor steel stringer bridge over Ogden Avenue

Significance:

This iconic Strauss trunnion bascule bridge carries the original Chicago & North Western Railway line over the North Branch of the Chicago River

Near North Side, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to Near West Side, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Closed to Traffic

Built 1908

by

Toledo-Massillon Bridge Company of Toledo, Ohio and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company of Chicago, Illinois

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Railroad/Original Owner: Chicago & North Western Railway

Design: 170' Warren through truss Strauss trunnion bascule and 27' deck plate girder

Strauss trunnion bascule bridge over North Branch Chicago River

Significance:

This iconic through truss bascule bridge carries Lake Street and the CTA Pink and Green Lines over the South Branch Chicago River

Loop, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to Near West Side, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: City of Chicago

Status: In Use

Built 1916

by

American Bridge Company of New York; FitzSimons & Connell Dredge & Dock Company of Chicago, Illinois and Ketler-Elliott Erection Company of Chicago, Illinois

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Railroad/Original Owner: City of Chicago

Design: 245' Double deck Warren through truss bascule (double leaf fixed trunnion)

Double leaf Warren through truss bascule bridge over South Branch Chicago River

Significance:

This abandoned Pennsylvania through truss span was left standing after much of the of the Logan Square Branch was abandoned.

Near West Side, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Abandoned, reused as signal bridge

Built 1895

by

Mt. Vernon Bridge Company of Mt. Vernon, Ohio

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Railroad/Original Owner: Metropolitan West Side Elevated

Design: 258' Parker through truss

Parker through truss bridge over Union Pacific Railroad

Significance:

This through girder and steel stringer bridge crosses the Eisenhower Expressway, Congress Parkway and Van Buren Street

Near West Side, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1897 and 1952

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago and Unknown

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Railroad/Original Owner: Chicago & North Western Railway and Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad

Design: 2-70' through plate girders and steel stringer

Through plate girder and steel stringer bridge over Eisenhower Expressway, Congress Parkway and Van Buren Street

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