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Random Bridges

BNSF IL Route 47 Bridge (Sugar Grove)
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BNSF IL Route 47 Bridge (Sugar Grove)

(Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Bridge #44.68)

This steel stringer bridge carries the former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad over US Route 30/Illinois Route 47 in Sugar Grove

Sugar Grove, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use, Scheduled For Replacement

Built 1937

by

Worden-Allen Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Unknown

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
1-48' and 2-29' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over US Route 30/Illinois Route 47

Significance:

Local

Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #33
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Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #33

This small stone arch culvert carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway line over an unnamed ditch west of Atwood Road east of Roscoe

Roscoe, Winnebago County, Illinois

Owner: Roscoe Township

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1863

by

Unknown

for

Galena & Chicago Union Railroad

Design:
6' stone arch culvert

Description:
Stone arch culvert over unnamed ditch

Significance:

Local

UP Bridge #46.50
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UP Bridge #46.50

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #352)

This stone arch culvert carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over an unnamed creek on the west side of Elgin

Elgin, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1901

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
10' stone arch culvert

Description:
Stone arch culvert over unnamed creek

Significance:

Local

UP Woodland Road Bridge (Lake Forest)
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UP Woodland Road Bridge (Lake Forest)

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #1372)

This through plate girder bridge carries the Union Pacific North line over Woodland Road in Lake Forest

Lake Forest, Lake County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1901

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
41' and 2-15' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Woodland Road

Significance:

Local

UP Prairie Alley Bridge
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UP Prairie Alley Bridge

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #2)

This through plate girder bridge crosses the Metra Line to Union Station north of Ogilvie Transportation Center

Near West Side, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1910

by

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

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
90' through plate girder and 4 span deck plate girder

Description:
Through and deck plate girder bridge over Metra

Significance:

Local

CPKC S. Branch Kishwaukee River Bridge
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CPKC S. Branch Kishwaukee River Bridge

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #Z-204)

This deck plate girder bridge crosses the South Branch Kishwaukee River on the west side of Genoa

Genoa, DeKalb County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built c. 1930

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
1-55' and 4-40' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over South Branch Kishwaukee River

Significance:

Local

NS N725E Road Bridge
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NS N725E Road Bridge

(Wabash Railroad Bridge #756)

This deck plate girder bridge crosses N725E Road and an unnamed creek northeast of Palmer

Palmer, Christian County, Illinois

Owner: Norfolk Southern Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1909 and 1912

by

American Bridge Company of New York and William P. Carmichael Company of Williamsport, Indiana

for

Wabash Railroad

Design:
2-35' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over N725E Road and unnamed creek

Significance:

Local

CN Browns Mill Road Bridge
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CN Browns Mill Road Bridge

(Illinois Central Railroad Bridge #W-108.9)

This concrete slab bridge carries the former Illinois Central Railroad over Browns Mill Road east of Freeport

Freeport, Stephenson County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1927

by

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
1-21', 2-14', 2-12' concrete slabs

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Browns Mill Road

Significance:

Local

CPKC Elgin & Belvidere Electric Bridge
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CPKC Elgin & Belvidere Electric Bridge

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #Z-119 1/2)

This concrete box culvert once carried the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway over the Elgin & Belvidere Electric Company on the west side of Elgin

Elgin, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1906

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
14' concrete box culvert

Description:
Concrete box culvert over abandoned Elgin & Belvidere Electric Company

Significance:

Local

Collison Trestle
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Collison Trestle

(Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Bridge #D1179)

This large deck truss viaduct carries the former Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad over the Middle Fork Vermillion River between Jamesburg and Collison

Collison, Vermillion County, Illinois

Owner: Illinois Department of Transportation

Status: Abandoned

Built 1893

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad

Design:
130' Warren deck truss, 2-60' and 2-30' deck plate girders

Description:
Warren deck truss bridge over Middle Fork Vermillion River

Significance:

High