This large deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over the Fox River in Algonquin

Algonquin, McHenry County, Illinois

Owner: McHenry County Conservation District

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1891

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
3-75' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Fox River

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over Illinois Route 176 (Terra Cotta Avenue) in Crystal Lake

Crystal Lake, McHenry County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1940

by

Bethlehem Steel Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and Superior Concrete Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
100' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Illinois Route 176 (Terra Cotta Avenue)

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over Illinois Route 47 (Eastwood Drive) in Woodstock

Woodstock, McHenry County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1936

by

R.C. Mahon Company of Detroit, Michigan and S.J. Groves & Sons Company of Libertyville, Illinois

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
61' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Illinois Route 47 (Eastwood Drive)

Significance:

This Warren deck truss bridge carries the Union Pacific Northwest line over the Fox River along US Route 14 between Cary and Fox River Grove

Cary, McHenry County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1898

by

Phoenix Bridge Company of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania and D.D. Streeter & Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
2-120' Warren deck trusses

Description:
Warren deck truss bridge over Fox River

Significance:

This through plate girder and steel stringer bridge carries the Union Pacific Harvard Subdivision over the Union Pacific McHenry Subdivision in Crystal Lake

Crystal Lake, McHenry County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1898 and 1927

by

Phoenix Bridge Company of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania and American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
24' through plate girder (north tracks), 2 span steel stringer (south track)

Description:
Through plate girder and steel stringer bridge over Union Pacific Railroad

Significance:

This unique helicoidal skew stone arch bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over South Street in Woodstock

Woodstock, McHenry County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1867 and 1897

by

Unknown and D.D. Streeter & Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
16' helicoidal skew stone arch

Description:
Helicoidal skew stone arch bridge over South Street

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over the North Branch of Nippersink Creek in Richmond

Richmond, McHenry County, Illinois

Owner: Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1918

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
66' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over North Branch Nippersink Creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries the former Milwaukee Road over US Route 12 south of Richmond

Richmond, McHenry County, Illinois

Owner: Wisconsin & Southern Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1900

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
45' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over US Route 12

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge once carried the former Chicago & North Western Railway over La Fox River Drive in Algonquin

Algonquin, McHenry County, Illinois

Owner: McHenry County Conservation District

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1929

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
51' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over La Fox River Drive

Significance:

This small trough floor steel stringer bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over an unnamed creek north of Ringwood

Ringwood, McHenry County, Illinois

Owner: Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1907

by

Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
17' trough floor steel stringer

Description:
Trough floor steel stringer bridge over unnamed drainage creek

Significance: