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This standard concrete slab bridge carries the Metra Milwaukee District North over Ainslie Street
Forest Glen, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited
Status: In Use
Built 1928
by
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
Design:
2-22' and 2-10' concrete slab
Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Ainslie Street
Significance:
This simple steel stringer and timber pile trestle bridge carries the former Soo Line Manitowoc Branch over the North Branch Manitowoc River near Potter
Potter, Calumet County, Wisconsin
Owner: Canadian National Railway
Status: In Use
Built c. 1930
by
Unknown
for
Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad
Design:
2-25' steel stringer and timber pile trestle
Description:
Steel stringer bridge over North Branch Manitowoc River
Significance:
This closed spandrel concrete arch bridge crosses Wildcat Hollow Drive (67th Street) east of Interstate 435
Southwest Kansas City, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri
Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited
Status: In Use
Built 1928
by
List Construction Company of Kansas City, Missouri
for
Kansas City Southern Railway
Design:
2-70' closed spandrel concrete arches
Description:
Concrete arch bridge over Wildcat Hollow Drive (67th Street)
Significance:
This through plate girder bridge is a good example of an early Interstate grade separation
Fergus Falls, Otter Tail County, Minnesota
Owner: Otter Tail Valley Railroad
Status: Open to Traffic
Built 1961
by
Bethlehem Steel Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and John Dieseth Company of Fergus Falls, Minnesota
for
Northern Pacific Railway
Design:
4 span skewed through plate girder
Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Interstate 94
Significance:
This small deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway across West Street in Janesville
Janesville, Waseca County, Minnesota
Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited
Status: Open to Traffic
Built 1916
by
Unknown
for
Chicago & North Western Railway
Design:
35' deck plate girder
Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over West Street
Significance:
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