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

Near West Side, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: CSX Corporation

Status: In Use

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 through plate girder bridge once carried the St. Charles Air Line over Wabash 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:
61' through plate girder and 2-22' deck plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Wabash Avenue

Significance:

This concrete encased beam bridge crosses an industrial driveway along Hubbard Street

West Town, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1910

by

Bates & Rogers Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
24' concrete encased beam

Description:
Concrete encased beam bridge over Blommer Chocolate Driveway

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 trough floor steel stringer bridge carries the Union Pacific North, Northwest and West Lines over Milwaukee Avenue

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:
2-23' and 2-14' trough floor steel stringer

Description:
Trough floor steel stringer bridge over Milwaukee Avenue

Significance:

This large quadrangular through truss bridge crosses the CPKC line in Northbrook

Northbrook, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1912

by

Fort Pitt Bridge Works of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
140' quadrangular lattice through truss

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over CPKC

Significance:

This bobtail through truss swing span carries the BNSF mainline over the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal in Lemont

Lemont, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1898

by

Keystone Bridge Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and MacArthur Brothers Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
398' bobtail Pratt through truss swing span

Description:
Bobtail Pratt through truss swing span over Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal

Significance:

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

River Forest, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1912

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
2-27' and 2-10' trough floor steel stringer

Description:
Trough floor steel stringer bridge over Franklin Avenue

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the Metra Southwest Service over 64th Street

Englewood, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Regional Transportation Authority (Metra)

Status: In Use

Built 1903

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad

Design:
60' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over 64th Street

Significance:

This concrete slab bridge carries the Bloomingdale (606) Trail over Francisco 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:
2-20' and 2-10' concrete slabs

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Francisco Avenue

Significance: