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 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:

This through plate girder bridge carried the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway over the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway mainline in Rockdale

Rockdale, Will County, Illinois

Owner: Forest Preserve District of Will County

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1905

by

Unknown and Keltie Stone Company of Joliet, Illinois

for

Rockdale, Joliet & Lockport Terminal Railway

Design:
1-68', 1-45' and 1-17' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over CSX Corporation

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 curved deck girder and concrete slab bridge carries a wye track over York Avenue and Washington Street in Joliet

Joliet, Will County, Illinois

Owner: CSX Corporation

Status: In Use

Built 1912

by

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

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway; Chicago & Alton Railroad; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway and Michigan Central Railroad

Design:
1-43', 1-35', 1-18' deck plate girder and 8 span concrete slab

Description:
Deck plate girder and concrete slab bridge over York Avenue and Washington Street

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the former Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway over Scott 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:
2-61' and 2-36' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Scott Street

Significance:

This concrete encased beam bridge carries the former joint tracks of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway and Michigan Central Railroad over a sidewalk at Scott Street 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:
24' concrete encased beam

Description:
Concrete encased beam bridge over Scott Street Pedestrian Walkway

Significance:

This small steel stringer bridge carries the former Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad over Corning Road south of Beecher

Beecher, Will County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1918

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad

Design:
25' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Corning Road

Significance:

This double intersection Warren through truss bridge carries the former Wabash Railroad over the former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway in New Lenox

New Lenox, Will County, Illinois

Owner: Regional Transportation Authority (Metra)

Status: In Use

Built 1917

by

Unknown

for

Wabash Railroad

Design:
150' double intersection Warren through truss

Description:
Double intersection Warren through truss bridge over Metra Rock Island District

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the former Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway over 5th 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:
1-42' and 2-15' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over 5th Avenue

Significance: