This through plate girder bridge carries the Union Pacific North Line over Wrightwood Avenue in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago

Lincoln Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use, Scheduled For Replacement

Built 1899

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
40' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Wrightwood Avenue

Significance:

This large through plate girder bridge crosses the Des Plaines River in downtown Des Plaines

Des Plaines, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1910 and 1929

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
2-84', 1-60' and 1-50' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Des Plaines River

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge across Winchester Avenue is one of several similar structures along the former Grand Trunk Western 49th Street Line

New City, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: Abandoned

Built 1907

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Grand Trunk Western Railroad

Design:
45' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Winchester Avenue

Significance:

This concrete encased through girder bridge crosses a busy BNSF Railway line in Berwyn

Berwyn, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1913

by

Unknown

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
2-52' and 1-52' concrete encased through plate girders

Description:
Concrete encased through plate girder bridge over BNSF Railway

Significance:

This concrete encased beam bridge carries the Metra Electric District over Vollmer Road in Flossmoor

Flossmoor, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1924

by

Bates & Rogers Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
25' concrete encased beam and 2-9' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete encased beam bridge over Vollmer Road

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 concrete encased beam bridge carries the Metra Electric District over Main Street in Matteson

Matteson, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1923

by

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

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
2-30' concrete encased beam

Description:
Concrete encased beam bridge over Main Street

Significance:

This abandoned Pennsylvania through truss span was left standing after much of the of the Logan Square Branch was abandoned.

Near West Side, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Abandoned, reused as signal bridge

Built 1895

by

Mt. Vernon Bridge Company of Mt. Vernon, Ohio

for

Metropolitan West Side Elevated

Design:
258' Parker through truss

Description:
Parker through truss bridge over Union Pacific Railroad

Significance:

This concrete slab bridge once carried the CTA Red and Purple Lines over Winona Street

Uptown, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Chicago Transit Authority

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1922

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway and Northwestern Elevated Railroad

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

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Winona Street

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge crosses Lombard Avenue in Berwyn

Berwyn, Cook County, Illinois to Cicero, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1912

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
40' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Lombard Avenue

Significance: