Baltimore


Abandoned Ogden Avenue Bridge (North Lawndale)

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Abandoned Ogden Avenue Bridge (North Lawndale)

This trough floor steel stringer bridge is the western of three parallel bridges across Ogden Avenue (former US Route 66) at this location

North Lawndale, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: CSX Corporation

Status: Abandoned

Built 1909

by

Chicago Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois

for

Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad

Design:
4-28', 2-14' trough floor steel stringer

Description:
Trough floor steel stringer bridge over Ogden Avenue

Significance:

Local

CSX Ogden Avenue Bridge (Near West Side)

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CSX Ogden Avenue Bridge (Near West Side)

This trough floor steel stringer bridge is the eastern of three parallel bridges across Ogden Avenue (former US Route 66) at this location

Near West Side, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: CSX Corporation

Status: In Use

Built 1909

by

Chicago Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois

for

Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad

Design:
4-28', 2-14' trough floor steel stringer

Description:
Trough floor steel stringer bridge over Ogden Avenue

Significance:

Local

DREI Park Drive Bridge

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DREI Park Drive Bridge

(Charles Becker Underpass)

This attractive concrete encased beam bridge carries the former Baltimore & Ohio Railroad over Lake Shore Drive

Decatur, Macon County, Illinois

Owner: Decatur & Eastern Illinois Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1929

by

Shesshley & Janney of Johnstown, Pennsylvania

for

Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

Design:
43' concrete encased beam

Description:
Concrete encased beam bridge over Lake Shore Drive

Significance:

Local

Lost Bridge Trail Bridge

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Lost Bridge Trail Bridge

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:

Regional