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 across Wood 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:
1-44' and 2-11' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Wood Street

Significance:

This trough floor steel stringer bridge carries the Union Pacific North Line over Lincoln Street in Evanston

Evanston, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1908

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
2-25' and 2-14' trough floor steel stringer

Description:
Trough floor steel stringer bridge over Lincoln Street

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge crosses the Des Plaines River near Cermak Road in North Riverside

North Riverside, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1917

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
3-59' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Des Plaines River

Significance:

This trough floor steel stringer bridge carries the Union Pacific North and Northwest Lines across Augusta Boulevard near Racine Avenue

West Town, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1910

by

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
2-22' and 2-13' trough floor steel stringer

Description:
Trough floor steel stringer bridge over Augusta Boulevard

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge crosses Ridgeland Avenue in Berwyn

Berwyn, 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 Ridgeland Avenue

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries the Milwaukee District West over the Des Plaines River in River Grove

River Grove, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1930

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
4-68' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Des Plaines River

Significance:

This large Strauss trunnion bascule bridge carries the Union Pacific North Line over the North Branch Chicago River

Logan Square, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to Lincoln Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1916

by

American Bridge Company of New York; Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company of Chicago, Illinois and Kelly-Atkinson Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
180' Warren through truss Strauss trunnion bascule span and deck plate girder

Description:
Strauss trunnion bascule bridge over North Branch Chicago River

Significance:

This standard concrete slab bridge carries the CTA Purple Line over Hamlin Street in Evanston

Evanston, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Chicago Transit Authority

Status: In Use

Built 1930

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
2-21' and 2-12' concrete slabs

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Hamlin Street

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: