This deck plate girder bridge carries the former Wabash Railroad over Forked Creek and Illinois Route 102 northeast of Custer Park

Custer Park, Will County, Illinois

Owner: Forest Preserve District of Will County

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1908

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Wabash Railroad

Design:
1-100' and 1-50' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Forked Creek and Illinois Route 102

Significance:

This small stone and concrete arch culvert carries the former Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad over Deer Creek

Crete, Will County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad/CSX Corporation

Status: In Use

Built c. 1890 and c. 1915

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad

Design:
11' stone and concrete arch culvert

Description:
Stone and concrete arch culvert over Deer Creek

Significance:

This massive Baltimore through truss bridge carries the former Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway over the Illinois & Michigan Canal in Joliet

Joliet, Will County, Illinois

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1935

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
200' Baltimore through truss

Description:
Baltimore through truss bridge over Illinois & Michigan Canal

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the former Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway over 4th Avenue in Joliet

Joliet, Will County, Illinois

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1910

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Brownell Improvement Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
1-36' and 2-18' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over 4th Avenue

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the former Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway over Ohio Street on the north side of Joliet

Joliet, Will County, Illinois

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1908

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Brownell Improvement Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
1-44' and 2-13' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Ohio Street

Significance:

This deck plate girder swing span carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway spur over the Illinois & Michigan Canal in Rockdale

Rockdale, Will County, Illinois

Owner: CSX Corporation

Status: In Use

Built 1911

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
140' deck plate girder swing span

Description:
Deck plate girder swing span over Illinois & Michigan Canal

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge once carried the Chicago & Alton Railroad over Forked Creek near Kankakee Street in Wilmington

Wilmington, Will County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1884, 1929 and 1930

by

Detroit Bridge & Iron Works of Detroit, Michigan; American Bridge Company of New York and McClintic-Marshall Corporation of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago & Alton Railroad

Design:
4-41' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Forked Creek

Significance:

This small deck plate girder bridge once carried the former Chicago & Alton Railroad over Water Street in Wilmington

Wilmington, Will County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1916

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & Alton Railroad

Design:
34' deck plate girder

Description:
Lost deck plate girder bridge over Water Street

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the former joint tracks of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway and Michigan Central Railroad over Eastern Avenue in Joliet

Joliet, Will County, Illinois

Owner: CSX Corporation

Status: In Use

Built 1910

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Newkirk & Powers Construction Company of Joliet, Illinois

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway and Michigan Central Railroad

Design:
1-46' and 2-16' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Eastern Avenue

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad over Illinois Route 1 (Chicago Road) north of Crete

Crete, Will County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad/CSX Corporation

Status:

Built c. 1915

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad

Design:
48' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Illinois Route 1 (Chicago Road)

Significance: