Elgin, Joliet


CN Cemetery Road Bridge (Channahon)

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CN Cemetery Road Bridge (Channahon)

(Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Bridge #550)

This small steel stringer bridge carries the former Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway over Cemetery Road southwest of Channahon

Channahon, Grundy County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built c. 1910

by

Unknown

for

Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway

Design:
25' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Cemetery Road

Significance:

Local

CN Foss Park Avenue Bridge

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CN Foss Park Avenue Bridge

This through plate girder bridge carries the former Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway over Foss Park Avenue in North Chicago

North Chicago, Lake County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1943

by

Unknown and John Darrow of Waukegan, Illinois

for

Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway

Design:
88' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Foss Park Avenue

Significance:

Local

CN I&M Canal Bridge (Channahon)

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CN I&M Canal Bridge (Channahon)

(Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Bridge #549)

This through plate girder bridge carries the former Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway over the Illinois & Michigan Canal southwest of Channahon

Channahon, Grundy County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1910

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway

Design:
82' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Illinois & Michigan Canal

Significance:

Local

CN Mondamin Street Bridge

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CN Mondamin Street Bridge

(Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Bridge #536)

This deck plate girder bridge carries the former Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway over Mondamin Street

Minooka, Grundy County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1903

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway

Design:
53' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Mondamin Street

Significance:

Local

CN North Aurora Road Bridge

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CN North Aurora Road Bridge

(Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Bridge #158)

This standard through plate girder bridge carries the former Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway over North Aurora Road in Naperville

Naperville, DuPage County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1912

by

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

for

Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway

Design:
40' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over North Aurora Road

Significance:

Local

CN Old St. Marys Street Bridge

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CN Old St. Marys Street Bridge

(Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Bridge #535)

This deck plate girder bridge carries the former Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway over a former alignment of St. Marys Street in Minooka

Minooka, Grundy County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1903

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway

Design:
53' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over former alignment of St. Marys Street

Significance:

Local

CN Pratt's Wayne Woods Driveway Bridge

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CN Pratt's Wayne Woods Driveway Bridge

(Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Bridge #124)

This small concrete slab bridge carries the former Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway over a driveway in Pratt's Wayne Woods

Wayne, DuPage County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built c. 1910

by

Unknown

for

Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway

Design:
15' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Pratt's Wayne Woods driveway

Significance:

Local

CN Robert McClory Bike Path Bridge

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CN Robert McClory Bike Path Bridge

(Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Bridge #16)

This through plate girder bridge carries the former Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway over the Robert McClory Bike Path in North Chicago

North Chicago, Lake County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1905

by

Unknown

for

Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway

Design:
2-39' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Robert McClory Bike Path

Significance:

Local

Minooka Railroad Crossing

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Minooka Railroad Crossing

(Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Bridge #538)

This through plate girder bridge carries the former Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway over the former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway in Minooka

Minooka, Grundy County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1914

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway

Design:
62' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over CSX Transportation

Significance:

Local

Pratt's Wayne Woods Railroad Crossing

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Pratt's Wayne Woods Railroad Crossing

(Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Bridge #123)

This through plate girder bridge carries the former Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway over the former Illinois Central Railroad in Wayne

Wayne, DuPage County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1910

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway

Design:
40' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Canadian National Railway

Significance:

Local

Virgil Gilman Trail - Fox River Bridge

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Virgil Gilman Trail - Fox River Bridge

(Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Bridge #420)

This historic Pratt through truss bridge carries the Virgil Gilman Nature Trail over the Fox River in Aurora

Aurora, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Fox Valley Park District

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1897

by

Milwaukee Bridge & Iron Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway

Design:
2-130' Pratt through trusses

Description:
Pratt through truss bridge over Fox River

Significance:

Regional

Virgil Gilman Trail - River Street Bridge

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Virgil Gilman Trail - River Street Bridge

(Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Bridge #421)

This through plate girder bridge carries the Virgil Gilman Nature Trail over River Street in Aurora

Aurora, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Fox Valley Park District

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1926

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway

Design:
80' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over River Street

Significance:

Local