This concrete slab bridge carries the Bloomingdale (606) Trail over Fairfield 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

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2-20' and 2-10' concrete slabs

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Fairfield Avenue

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 concrete slab bridge carries the Bloomingdale (606) Trail over Rockwell Street 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

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2-20' and 2-10' concrete slabs

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Rockwell Street

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge across Seeley Avenue 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:
45' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Seeley Avenue

Significance:

This standard concrete slab bridge carries the Metra Milwaukee District North over Montrose Avenue

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

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1927

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2-27' and 2-19' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Montrose Avenue

Significance:

This standard concrete slab bridge carries the CTA Purple Line over Simpson Street in Evanston

Evanston, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Chicago Transit Authority

Status: In Use

Built 1930

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
2-25' concrete slabs

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Simpson Street

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the Metra Milwaukee District North Line over Roscoe Street in the Irving Park neighborhood of Chicago

Irving Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1903

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
70' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Roscoe Street

Significance:

This trough floor steel stringer bridge carries the Union Pacific West line over Keystone Avenue in River Forest

River Forest, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1914

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
2-24' and 2-10' trough floor steel stringer

Description:
Trough floor steel stringer bridge over Keystone Avenue

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

for

City of Chicago

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

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

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: