This through plate girder bridge carries the Metra Milwaukee District North over Elston Avenue

Forest Glen, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built 1928

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2-49' and 2-25' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Elston Avenue

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the Union Pacific Cragin Industrial Lead over Addison Street

Irving Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to Portage Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1902

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
41' through plate girder and 2-11' steel stringer

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Addison Street

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge once carried the Union Pacific North Line over Grace Street in the North Center neighborhood of Chicago

North Center, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1896

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
70' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Grace Street

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge crosses Lombard Avenue in Berwyn

Berwyn, Cook County, Illinois to Cicero, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1912

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
40' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Lombard Avenue

Significance:

This trough floor steel stringer bridge carries the Union Pacific West Line over Wood Street at Kinzie Street

Near West Side, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1905

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

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

Design:
2-25' and 2-10' trough floor steel stringer

Description:
Trough floor steel stringer bridge over Wood Street

Significance:

This large quadrangular through truss bridge crosses the CPKC line in Northbrook

Northbrook, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1912

by

Fort Pitt Bridge Works of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
140' quadrangular lattice through truss

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over CPKC

Significance:

This through and deck girder bridge carries the CTA Yellow Line over Dodge Avenue

Evanston, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Chicago Transit Authority

Status: In Use

Built 1925

by

Hansell-Elcock Company of Chicago, Illinois and L.E. Meyers Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad and Northwestern Elevated Railroad

Design:
75' through plate girder and 4-28' deck plate girder

Description:
Through and deck plate girder bridge over Dodge Avenue

Significance:

This through girder and steel stringer bridge crosses the Eisenhower Expressway, Congress Parkway and Van Buren Street

Near West Side, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1897 and 1952

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago and Unknown

for

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

Design:
2-70' through plate girders and steel stringer

Description:
Through plate girder and steel stringer bridge over Eisenhower Expressway, Congress Parkway and Van Buren Street

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge across Seeley Avenue is one of several similar structures along the former Grand Trunk Western 49th Street Line

New City, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: Abandoned

Built 1907

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Grand Trunk Western Railroad

Design:
45' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Seeley Avenue

Significance:

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

West Town, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: City of Chicago

Status: In Use

Built 1914

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

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

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Talman Avenue

Significance: