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 trough floor steel stringer bridge carries the Union Pacific West Line over Wood Street at Kinzie Street

Near West Side, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1905

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

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

Design:
2-25' and 2-10' trough floor steel stringer

Description:
Trough floor steel stringer bridge over Wood Street

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge crosses Davis Street along US Highway 14 in Arlington Heights

Arlington Heights, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1929 and 1930

by

Clinton Bridge Works of Clinton, Iowa; American Bridge Company of New York; Unknown and Peppard & Burrill of Minneapolis, Minnesota

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
32' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Davis 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 once carried the CTA Red and Purple Lines over Lawrence Avenue

Uptown, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Chicago Transit Authority

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1922

by

Unknown

for

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

Design:
70' through plate girder and deck plate girder viaduct

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Lawrence Avenue

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 iconic Strauss trunnion bascule bridge carries the original Chicago & North Western Railway line over the North Branch of the Chicago River

Near North Side, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to Near West Side, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Closed to Traffic

Built 1908

by

Toledo-Massillon Bridge Company of Toledo, Ohio and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
170' Warren through truss Strauss trunnion bascule and 27' deck plate girder

Description:
Strauss trunnion bascule bridge over North Branch Chicago River

Significance:

This concrete encased beam bridge carries the Metra Electric District over the former Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway 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:
2-37' concrete encased beam

Description:
Concrete encased beam bridge over Canadian National Railway

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge crosses Stephen Street in Lemont

Lemont, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1898 and erected 1903

by

Detroit Bridge & Iron Works of Detroit, Michigan

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
80' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Stephen 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: