This concrete slab bridge crosses Oak Park Avenue in Berwyn

Berwyn, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1912 and 1936

by

Unknown

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
2-23' concrete slab and 2-8'x9' concrete box culvert

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Oak Park Avenue

Significance:

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

River Forest, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1914

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

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

Description:
Trough floor steel stringer bridge over Keystone Avenue

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge across Honore Street 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 Honore Street

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge once carried the St. Charles Air Line over Michigan Avenue 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:
1-51' and 2-22' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Michigan Avenue

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the Metra Milwaukee District North Line over Belmont in the Irving Park neighborhood of Chicago

Irving Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to Avondale, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1899

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
76' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Belmont Avenue

Significance:

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

West Town, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: City of Chicago

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1914

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2-25' and 2-8' concrete slabs

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over California Avenue

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge crosses the Union Pacific West Line, Hawthorne Avenue and Central Avenue in River Forest

River Forest, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built c. 1910 and raised 1914

by

Unknown

for

Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad

Design:
1-100' and 2-54' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Union Pacific Railroad, Hawthorne Avenue and Central Avenue

Significance:

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

West Town, 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 Wood Street

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the Norfolk Southern Chicago Line over 61st Street in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago

Englewood, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Norfolk Southern Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1898

by

American Bridge Works of Chicago, Illinois and Unknown

for

Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway

Design:
78' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over 61st Street

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the Union Pacific Rockwell Subdivision over Harrison Street

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 Harrison Street

Significance: