This through plate girder bridge across Paulina Street is one of several similar structures along the former Grand Trunk Western 49th Street Line

New City, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: Abandoned

Built 1907

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Grand Trunk Western Railroad

Design:
1-44' and 2-11' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Paulina Street

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge crosses Hazel Avenue in Glencoe

Glencoe, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1898

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
45' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Hazel Avenue

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the Union Pacific Cragin Industrial Lead over Roscoe Street

Irving Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to Portage Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1902

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
41' through plate girder and 2-11' steel stringer

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Roscoe Street

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the Bloomingdale (606) Trail over Winnebago Avenue in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago

West Town, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: City of Chicago

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1914

by

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2-18' and 2-12' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Winnebago Avenue

Significance:

This trough floor steel stringer bridge carries the Union Pacific North Line over Lincoln Street in Evanston

Evanston, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1908

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
2-25' and 2-14' trough floor steel stringer

Description:
Trough floor steel stringer bridge over Lincoln Street

Significance:

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

North Lawndale, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: CSX Corporation

Status: Abandoned

Built 1909

by

Chicago Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois

for

Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad

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

Description:
Trough floor steel stringer bridge over Ogden Avenue

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge once carried numerous tracks of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway/New York Central Railroad over 43rd Street

Grand Boulevard, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to Fuller Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Regional Transportation Authority (Metra)

Status: In Use

Built 1897

by

Chicago Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois and King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway and Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway

Design:
1-70' through plate girder (west tracks); 1-40' through plate girder and 2-15' steel stringer (east tracks)

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over 43rd Street

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the Union Pacific Cragin Industrial Lead over Wrightwood Avenue

Hermosa, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to Belmont-Cragin, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1902

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
49' through plate girder and 2-11' steel stringer

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Wrightwood Avenue

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge once carried the Union Pacific North Line over Sunnyside Avenue in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Chicago

Lincoln Square, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1897

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
1-43' and 2-20' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Sunnyside Avenue

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

for

Metropolitan West Side Elevated

Design:
258' Parker through truss

Description:
Parker through truss bridge over Union Pacific Railroad

Significance: