This concrete box culvert carries the Fox River Trail over an unnamed creek near Dwight Street in Elgin

Elgin, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Forest Preserve District of Kane County

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1901

by

Cleveland Construction Company of Akron, Ohio

for

Aurora, Elgin & Chicago Railway

Design:
5' concrete box culvert

Description:
Concrete box culvert over unnamed creek

Significance:

This lengthy concrete slab viaduct carries the former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad over a number of city streets in downtown Aurora

Aurora, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1922

by

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
78 span concrete slab viaduct

Description:
Concrete slab viaduct over city streets and parking lots

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over Ball Street in Elgin

Elgin, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1931

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
45' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Ball Street

Significance:

This abandoned deck plate girder bridge carried the original Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad mainline over the Fox River north of North Avenue

Aurora, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Abandoned

Built 1901

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
6-76' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Fox River

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago Great Western Railway over the Fox River in St. Charles

St. Charles, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Abandoned

Built 1956

by

Unknown and John P. Abrahamson Construction Company of Des Moines, Iowa

for

Chicago Great Western Railway

Design:
6-66' and 2-40' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Fox River

Significance:

This small concrete arch culvert carries the Great Western Trail over an unnamed creek along Illinois Route 64 in Wasco

Campton Hills, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Forest Preserve District of Kane County

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built c. 1910

by

Unknown

for

Chicago Great Western Railway

Design:
5' concrete arch culvert

Description:
Concrete arch culvert over unnamed creek

Significance:

This large Warren deck truss bridge carries the former Illinois Central Railroad over the Fox River, Fox River Trail and the former Aurora, Elgin & Fox River Electric Company along Stearns Road

South Elgin, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1921 and 1931

by

Unknown

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
6-88' Warren deck trusses

Description:
Warren deck truss bridge over Fox River, Fox River Trail and former Aurora, Elgin & Fox River Electric Company

Significance:

This concrete slab bridge carries the former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad over Rathbone Avenue in Aurora

Aurora, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1921

by

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
2-25' and 2-10' concrete slabs

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Rathbone Avenue

Significance:

This large stone arch bridge carries the former Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway over Tyler Creek on the west side of Elgin

Elgin, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1893

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
18' stone arch

Description:
Stone arch bridge over Tyler Creek

Significance:

This small steel stringer bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway line over an unnamed ditch at Pokagon Drive between Carpentersville and Algonquin

Carpentersville, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Forest Preserve District of Kane County

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1904

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
9' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over unnamed ditch

Significance: