This through plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad over the West Branch of Big Rock Creek west of Big Rock

Big Rock, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1960 using spans fabricated 1898 and c. 1930

by

Union Bridge Company of Athens, Pennsylvania and unknown

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
100' through plate girder and 2-47' deck plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over West Branch Big Rock Creek

Significance:

This Pratt through truss bridge crosses Macoupin Creek in rural Greene County

Carrollton, Greene County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1889 and 1901

by

Union Bridge Company of Athens, Pennsylvania and American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & Alton Railway

Design:
175' Pratt through truss and 49' deck plate girder

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Macoupin Creek

Significance:

This historic Pratt through truss bridge carries the Keokuk Junction Railway over Hamilton Slough in Hamilton

Hamilton, Hancock County, Illinois

Owner: Keokuk Junction Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1890

by

Union Bridge Company of Athens, Pennsylvania

for

Wabash Railroad and Toledo, Peoria & Western Railway

Design:
155' Pratt through truss

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Hamilton Slough

Significance:

This historic through truss bridge carries the former Baltimore & Ohio Railroad over the South Fork Sangamon River along Illinois Route 29 near Rochester

Rochester, Sangamon County, Illinois

Owner: Village of Rochester

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built c. 1890

by

Union Bridge Company of Athens, Pennsylvania

for

Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern Railroad

Design:
140' Pratt through truss and timber pile trestle

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over South Fork Sangamon River

Significance:

This massive Pennsylvania through truss bridge was once a critical crossing of the Mississippi River

St. Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri to Venice, Madison County, Illinois

Owner: Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1890, 1903 and 1910

by

Union Bridge Company of Athens, Pennsylvania; Massillon Bridge Company of Massillon, Ohio and Unknown

for

St. Louis Merchants Bridge Terminal Railway

Design:
3-520' Pennsylvania through trusses and deck plate girder

Description:
Pennsylvania through truss bridge over Mississippi River

Significance:

This large Pratt through truss vertical lift bridge carries the former Kankakee & Seneca Railroad over the Illinois River at Seneca

Seneca, Grundy County, Illinois

Owner: CSX Corporation

Status: In Use

Built 1893, 1916 and 1932

by

Union Bridge Company of Athens, Pennsylvania; Bethlehem Steel Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and American Bridge Company of New York

for

Kankakee & Seneca Railroad

Design:
2-152' and 1-150' Pratt through truss lift bridge and 2-79' deck plate girder

Description:
Pratt through truss vertical lift bridge over Illinois River

Significance:

This unique double-barreled Pratt through truss bridge carries the Southwind Rail Trail across Elm Creek

Iola, Allen County, Kansas

Owner: Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks

Status: Open to Trail Traffic

Built 1890 and 1900; strengthened 1921 using trusses fabricated 1898

by

Union Bridge Company of Athens, Pennsylvania and unknown

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
164' double-barreled Pratt through truss and 2-60' deck plate girders

Description:
Double-barreled Pratt through truss bridge over Elm Creek

Significance: