This deck plate girder bridge once carried the Chicago, Ottawa & Peoria Railway over the East Fork Nettle Creek

Morris, Grundy County, Illinois

Owner: City of Morris

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1910

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Ottawa & Peoria Railway

Design:
45' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over East Fork Nettle Creek

Significance:

This large Pratt through truss vertical lift bridge carries the former Kankakee & Seneca Railroad over the Illinois River at Seneca

Seneca, Grundy County, Illinois

Owner: CSX Corporation

Status: In Use

Built 1893, 1916 and 1932

by

Union Bridge Company of Athens, Pennsylvania; Bethlehem Steel Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and American Bridge Company of New York

for

Kankakee & Seneca Railroad

Design:
2-152' and 1-150' Pratt through truss lift bridge and 2-79' deck plate girder

Description:
Pratt through truss vertical lift bridge over Illinois River

Significance:

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:

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:

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:

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:

This large stone arch bridge carries the former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway over the East Fork of Nettle Creek in Morris

Morris, Grundy County, Illinois

Owner: CSX Corporation

Status: In Use

Built 1874

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
30' stone arch

Description:
Stone arch bridge over East Fork Nettle Creek

Significance:

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:

This quadrangular lattice through truss bridge carries a former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway spur over the Illinois and Michigan Canal

Morris, Grundy County, Illinois

Owner: Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Status: Closed to Traffic

Built c. 1905 using a span fabricated c. 1885

by

Unknown

for

Morris Terminal Railroad/Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
125' quadrangular lattice through truss and timber pile trestle

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Illinois and Michigan Canal

Significance:

This small concrete encased beam bridge carries the former Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway over a pedestrian walkway (former Fox and Illinois Union Railway)

Morris, Grundy County, Illinois

Owner: CSX Corporation

Status: In Use

Built c. 1915

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway

Design:
20' concrete encased beam

Description:
Concrete encased beam bridge over a pedestrian walkway (former Fox and Illinois Union Railway)

Significance: