This concrete slab bridge carries the former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad over Rathbone Avenue in Aurora

Aurora, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1921

by

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

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

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Rathbone Avenue

Significance:

This historic quadrangular lattice through truss bridge once carried an abandoned railroad spur over the Fox River in Carpentersville

Carpentersville, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Removed

Built 1926 using a span fabricated c. 1880

by

Leighton Bridge and Iron Works of Rochester, New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
99' quadrangular lattice through truss, steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Fox River

Significance:

This concrete slab bridge carries the former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad over Spring Street in Aurora

Aurora, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1922

by

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
2-24' and 2-11' concrete slabs

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Spring Street

Significance:

This abandoned steel stringer bridge carried the Chicago & North Western Railway over a driveway of the Elgin Corrugated Box Company

Elgin, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Abandoned

Built 1912

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
20' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over former driveway

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge is the western of two parallel railroad bridges across the Fox River at this location

Elgin, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1912

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
2-80' and 3-75' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Fox River

Significance:

This lengthy concrete slab viaduct carries the former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad over a number of city streets in downtown Aurora

Aurora, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1922

by

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
78 span concrete slab viaduct

Description:
Concrete slab viaduct over city streets and parking lots

Significance:

This large concrete arch bridge is the eastern of two structures carrying the former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad over the Fox River at Hurds Island

Aurora, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1920

by

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
2-65' open spandrel concrete arch

Description:
Open spandrel concrete arch bridge over Fox River

Significance:

This small concrete encased beam bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway line over Carlton Court in South Elgin

South Elgin, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1912

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
11' concrete encased beam

Description:
Concrete encased beam bridge over Carlton Court

Significance:

This large concrete arch bridge is the eastern of two structures carrying the former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad over the Fox River at Hurds Island

Aurora, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1920

by

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
3-65' open spandrel concrete arch

Description:
Open spandrel concrete arch bridge over Fox River

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago Great Western Railway over the Fox River in St. Charles

St. Charles, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Abandoned

Built 1956

by

Unknown and John P. Abrahamson Construction Company of Des Moines, Iowa

for

Chicago Great Western Railway

Design:
6-66' and 2-40' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Fox River

Significance: