This concrete slab bridge carries the former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad over Lake Street (Illinois Route 31) in Aurora

Aurora, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1921

by

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
2-40', 1-20', 1-15' concrete slabs

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Illinois Route 31 (Lake Street)

Significance:

This small steel stringer bridge carries the Fox River Trail over an unnamed creek in the Fox River Shores Forest Preserve

Carpentersville, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Forest Preserve District of Kane County

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1902

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
16' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over unnamed creek

Significance:

This small steel stringer bridge carries a former Chicago & North Western Railway line over an unnamed ditch at Pokagon Drive between Carpentersville and Algonquin

Carpentersville, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Forest Preserve District of Kane County

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1904

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
9' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over unnamed ditch

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over Highland Avenue in Elgin

Elgin, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1893

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
72' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder over Highland Avenue

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the Virgil Gilman Nature Trail over River Street in Aurora

Aurora, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Fox Valley Park District

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1926

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway

Design:
80' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over River Street

Significance:

This concrete box culvert once carried the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway over the Elgin & Belvidere Electric Company on the west side of Elgin

Elgin, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1906

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
14' concrete box culvert

Description:
Concrete box culvert over abandoned Elgin & Belvidere Electric Company

Significance:

This small steel stringer bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over Tyler Creek on the west side of Elgin

Elgin, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1930

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
25' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Tyler Creek

Significance:

This small concrete arch culvert carries the Great Western Trail over an unnamed creek along Illinois Route 64 in Wasco

Campton Hills, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Forest Preserve District of Kane County

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built c. 1910

by

Unknown

for

Chicago Great Western Railway

Design:
5' concrete arch culvert

Description:
Concrete arch culvert over unnamed creek

Significance:

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

Aurora, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1922

by

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

for

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

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over North Avenue

Significance: