Railroad Bridges in , Illinois

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Random Bridges

Abandoned Elston Avenue Bridge
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Abandoned Elston Avenue Bridge

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #Z-6E)

This through plate girder bridge once carried the Milwaukee Road Bloomingdale Line over Elston Avenue

West Town, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: City of Chicago

Status: Abandoned

Built 1899

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
75' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Elston Avenue

Significance:

Local

CN Drummer Creek Bridge (Middle)
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CN Drummer Creek Bridge (Middle)

(Illinois Central Railroad Bridge #D-110.6W)

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

Gibson City, Ford County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1937 using a span fabricated c. 1900

by

Unknown

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
60' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Drummer Creek

Significance:

Local

BNSF Hennepin Canal Bridge (Colona)
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BNSF Hennepin Canal Bridge (Colona)

(Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Bridge #238.21)

This standard through plate girder bridge crosses the Hennepin Canal in Colona

Colona, Henry County, Illinois

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1904

by

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
82' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Hennepin Canal

Significance:

Local

Bloomingdale Trail - St. Louis Avenue Bridge
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Bloomingdale Trail - St. Louis Avenue Bridge

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #Z-12G)

This concrete slab bridge carries the Bloomingdale (606) Trail over St. Louis Avenue in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago

Logan Square, 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 St. Louis Avenue

Significance:

Local

MILW Culvert #E-149
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MILW Culvert #E-149

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Culvert #E-149)

This small stone arch culvert is one of several small culverts which carried the original Racine and Mississippi Rail Road near Dakota

Dakota, Stephenson County, Illinois

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Abandoned

Built 1859

by

Unknown

for

Racine and Mississippi Rail Road

Design:
4'x5' stone arch culvert

Description:
Stone arch culvert over unnamed creek

Significance:

Local

UP Scranton Avenue Bridge (West)
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UP Scranton Avenue Bridge (West)

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #269-G)

This through plate girder bridge is the western of two parallel bridges over the Scranton Avenue and North Shore Bike Path in Lake Bluff

Lake Bluff, Lake County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1904

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
47' and 39' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Scranton Avenue and North Shore Bike Path

Significance:

Local

UP Lathrop Avenue Bridge (River Forest)
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UP Lathrop Avenue Bridge (River Forest)

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #14.2)

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

River Forest, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1912

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

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

Description:
Trough floor steel stringer bridge over Lathrop Avenue

Significance:

Local

NS Forest Avenue Bridge (Decatur)
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NS Forest Avenue Bridge (Decatur)

(Wabash Railroad Bridge #702F)

This concrete encased beam bridge carries the former Wabash Railroad over Forest Avenue on the south side of Decatur

Decatur, Macon County, Illinois

Owner: Norfolk Southern Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1927

by

Carmichael-Cryder Company of St. Louis, Missouri

for

Wabash Railroad

Design:
2-17' concrete encased beams and 2-8' concrete slabs

Description:
Concrete encased beam bridge over Forest Avenue

Significance:

Local

Marseilles Nabisco Bridge (North)
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Marseilles Nabisco Bridge (North)

This pony truss bridge is the northern of three abandoned bridges over the millrace in Marseilles which once carried a Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad spur to the Nabisco Plant

Marseilles, LaSalle County, Illinois

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Abandoned

Built 1888

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
82' double intersection Warren pony truss

Description:
Double intersection Warren pony truss bridge over Illinois & Michigan Canal

Significance:

Regional

IC North Branch Leaf River Bridge
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IC North Branch Leaf River Bridge

(Illinois Central Railroad Bridge #A-924.8)

This small stone arch bridge once carried the Illinois Central Railroad over the North Branch of the Leaf River

Forreston, Ogle County, Illinois

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Abandoned and Mostly Collapsed

Built 1851

by

Unknown

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
12' stone arch

Description:
Collapsed stone arch bridge over North Branch Leaf River

Significance:

Local