Railroad Bridges in , Illinois

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Random Bridges

CN Logan Street Bridge (Champaign)
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CN Logan Street Bridge (Champaign)

(Illinois Central Railroad Bridge #128.0)

This deck plate girder and concrete encased beam bridge crosses Logan Street in Champaign

Champaign, Champaign County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1910 and 1923

by

Unknown, American Bridge Company of New York and Bates & Rogers Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
2-28' concrete encased beam (west 3 tracks), 58' deck plate girder (east 3 tracks)

Description:
Deck plate girder and concrete encased beam bridge over Logan Street

Significance:

Local

UP Chicago Street Bridge (Elgin)
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UP Chicago Street Bridge (Elgin)

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #337)

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

Elgin, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1890

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
42' deck plate girder, and 17' and 18' deck plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Chicago Street

Significance:

Local

CN Pratt's Wayne Woods Driveway Bridge
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CN Pratt's Wayne Woods Driveway Bridge

(Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Bridge #124)

This small concrete slab bridge carries the former Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway over a driveway in Pratt's Wayne Woods

Wayne, DuPage County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built c. 1910

by

Unknown

for

Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway

Design:
15' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Pratt's Wayne Woods driveway

Significance:

Local

BNSF Cedar Street Bridge (Quincy)
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BNSF Cedar Street Bridge (Quincy)

(Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Bridge #261.79)

This concrete slab bridge crosses Cedar Street in Quincy

Quincy, Adams County, Illinois

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1909

by

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
2-16' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Cedar Street

Significance:

Minimal

CPKC Wilson Avenue Bridge (Portage Park)
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CPKC Wilson Avenue Bridge (Portage Park)

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #A-40)

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

Portage Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1927

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2-22' and 2-13' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Wilson Avenue

Significance:

Local

Abandoned Salt Creek Bridge (Farmer City)
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Abandoned Salt Creek Bridge (Farmer City)

(New York Central Railroad Bridge #317)

This abandoned through plate girder bridge carries the former Peoria & Eastern Railway over Salt Creek on the east side of Farmer City

Farmer City, DeWitt County, Illinois

Owner: Norfolk Southern Railway

Status: Abandoned

Built c. 1905

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Peoria & Eastern Railway

Design:
3-50' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Salt Creek

Significance:

Local

CN Drummer Creek Bridge (South)
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CN Drummer Creek Bridge (South)

(Illinois Central Railroad Bridge #D-110.6)

This deck plate girder bridge is the southern of three unusual deck plate girder bridges over Drummer Creek

Gibson City, Ford County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1943 using spans fabricated c. 1892

by

American Bridge Works of Chicago, Illinois

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
51' deck plate girder and 4-14' concrete slab

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Drummer Creek

Significance:

Local

NS Lone Tree Creek Bridge (Lotus)
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NS Lone Tree Creek Bridge (Lotus)

(Wabash Railroad Bridge #1342)

This standard through plate girder bridge carries the former Wabash Railroad over Lone Tree Creek southwest of Lotus

Lotus, McLean County, Illinois

Owner: Norfolk Southern Railway

Status: In Use

Built c. 1905

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Wabash Railroad

Design:
35' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Lone Tree Creek

Significance:

Local

UP Hazel Avenue Bridge (Glencoe)
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UP Hazel Avenue Bridge (Glencoe)

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #1335 1/2)

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:

Local

Sangamon Valley Trail - Sangamon River Bridge
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Sangamon Valley Trail - Sangamon River Bridge

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #1848)

This massive deck truss bridge carries the Sangmaon Valley Trail (former Chicago & North Western Railway) over the Sangamon River northwest of Springfield

Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois

Owner: Sangamon County

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1912, 1921 and c. 1975

by

King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio; American Bridge Company of New York; Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
5-150' double intersection Warren deck truss, 3-85' and 1-60' deck plate girder and 40' steel stringer

Description:
Double intersection Warren deck truss bridge over Sangamon River

Significance:

High