This through and deck girder bridge carries the CTA Yellow Line over Dodge Avenue

Evanston, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Chicago Transit Authority

Status: In Use

Built 1925

by

Hansell-Elcock Company of Chicago, Illinois and L.E. Meyers Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad and Northwestern Elevated Railroad

Design:
75' through plate girder and 4-28' deck plate girder

Description:
Through and deck plate girder bridge over Dodge Avenue

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the Union Pacific North Line over Belmont Avenue in the North Center neighborhood of Chicago

North Center, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use, Scheduled For Replacement

Built 1896

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
70' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Belmont Avenue

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge once carried the St. Charles Air Line over Dearborn Street north of 16th Street

Near South Side, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1899

by

Detroit Bridge & Iron Works of Detroit, Michigan and J.S. Patterson Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

St. Charles Air Line Railroad

Design:
1-38' through plate girder and 2-16' deck plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Dearborn Street

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the Union Pacific North Line over Roscoe Street in the North Center neighborhood of Chicago

North Center, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use, Scheduled For Replacement

Built 1896

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
70' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Roscoe Street

Significance:

This large through truss swing bridge carries the former Illinois Central Railroad over the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal east of Kedzie Avenue

South Lawndale, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1899

by

Toledo Bridge Company of Toledo, Ohio; MacArthur Brothers Company of Chicago, Illinois and Winson Brothers Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
474' Pratt through truss swing bridge

Description:
Through truss swing bridge over Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the Union Pacific Rockwell Subdivision over Washington Boulevard

Near West Side, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1897

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

for

Chicago & North Western Railway and Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad

Design:
70' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Washington Boulevard

Significance:

This trough floor steel stringer bridge is the western of three parallel bridges across Ogden Avenue (former US Route 66) at this location

North Lawndale, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: CSX Corporation

Status: Abandoned

Built 1909

by

Chicago Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois

for

Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad

Design:
4-28', 2-14' trough floor steel stringer

Description:
Trough floor steel stringer bridge over Ogden Avenue

Significance:

This concrete slab bridge carries the Bloomingdale (606) Trail over Leavitt Street in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago

West Town, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to 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 Leavitt Street

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carried the former Chicago Junction Railway over Prairie Avenue

Grand Boulevard, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: City of Chicago

Status: Abandoned

Built 1905

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago Junction Railway

Design:
1-55' and 2-25' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Prairie Avenue

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the Union Pacific North Line over Melrose Street in the North Center neighborhood of Chicago

North Center, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use, Scheduled For Replacement

Built 1896

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
70' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Melrose Street

Significance: