This large trough floor steel stringer bridge carries the Metra Union Pacific lines over Jefferson Street and Hubbard Street

West Town, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1910

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Bates & Rogers Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
12 span trough floor steel stringer

Description:
Trough floor steel stringer bridge over Jefferson Street and Hubbard Street

Significance:

This standard concrete slab bridge carries the Metra Milwaukee District North over Foster Avenue

Forest Glen, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1929

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2-26' and 2-12' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Foster Avenue

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the Union Pacific North Line over Fullerton Avenue in the Lincoln Park neighborhood of Chicago

Lincoln Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use, Scheduled For Replacement

Built 1899

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
53' and 2-18' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Fullerton Avenue

Significance:

This concrete slab bridge carries the Bloomingdale (606) Trail over Hermitage Avenue in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago

West Town, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: City of Chicago

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1914

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2-20' and 2-10' concrete slabs

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Hermitage Avenue

Significance:

This iconic through truss bascule bridge carries Wells Street and the CTA Brown and Purple Lines over the Chicago River

Loop, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to Near North Side, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: City of Chicago

Status: In Use

Built 1922

by

Fort Pitt Bridge Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; FitzSimons & Connell Dredge & Dock Company of Chicago, Illinois and Ketler-Elliott Erection Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

City of Chicago

Design:
268' Double deck Warren through truss bascule (double leaf fixed trunnion)

Description:
Double leaf Warren through truss bascule bridge over Chicago River

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge once carried the Milwaukee Road Bloomingdale Line over Elston Avenue

West Town, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: City of Chicago

Status: Abandoned

Built 1899

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
75' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Elston Avenue

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge crosses Illinois Route 43 (Harlem Avenue) in Lyons

Lyons, Cook County, Illinois to Forest View, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1931

by

Unknown

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
1-48' and 2-29' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Illinois Route 43 (Harlem Avenue)

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the Union Pacific Rockwell Subdivision over Warren Boulevard

Near West Side, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1897

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

for

Chicago & North Western Railway and Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad

Design:
70' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Warren Boulevard

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the CTA Purple Line over Ridge Avenue and Lincoln Street in Evanston

Evanston, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Chicago Transit Authority

Status: In Use

Built 1930

by

McClintic-Marshall Corportation of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
1-100' and 2-20' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Ridge Avenue and Lincoln Street

Significance:

This concrete slab bridge carries the Bloomingdale (606) Trail over Mozart Street in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago

West Town, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: City of Chicago

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1914

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2-20' and 2-10' concrete slabs

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Mozart Street

Significance: