This small steel stringer bridge carries the former Chicago Great Western Railway over 12th Street in St. Charles

St. Charles, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Abandoned

Built 1941

by

Des Moines Steel Company of Des Moines, Iowa

for

Chicago Great Western Railway

Design:
16' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over 12th Street

Significance:

This large deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago Great Western Railway over Illinois Route 31 (2nd Street) in St. Charles

St. Charles, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Abandoned

Built 1960

by

Unknown and Powers-Thompson Construction Company of Joliet, Illinois

for

Chicago Great Western Railway

Design:
100' and 2-65' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Illinois Route 31 (2nd Street)

Significance:

This small steel stringer bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over an unnamed creek along Illinois Route 31

St. Charles, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: City of St. Charles

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1906

by

Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
14' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over unnamed creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago Great Western Railway over the Fox River in St. Charles

St. Charles, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Abandoned

Built 1956

by

Unknown and John P. Abrahamson Construction Company of Des Moines, Iowa

for

Chicago Great Western Railway

Design:
6-66' and 2-40' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Fox River

Significance: