This stone arch culvert carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over an unnamed drainage ditch near 14th Avenue Sterling

Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1889

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
12' stone arch

Description:
Stone arch culvert over unnamed drainage ditch

Significance:

This large through plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over US Route 30 east of Fulton

Fulton, Whiteside County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1957

by

Bethlehem Steel Company of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and Central Engineering Company of Davenport, Iowa

for

Chicago & North Western Railway and Illinois Department of Public Works and Buildings

Design:
117' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over US Route 30

Significance:

This large stone arch bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over a pedestrian walkway and a drainage ditch at Broadway Avenue in Sterling

Sterling, Whiteside County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1889

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
17' stone arch

Description:
Stone arch bridge over pedestrian walkway and drainage ditch

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge crosses the Hennepin Canal Feeder in Rock Falls

Rock Falls, Whiteside County, Illinois

Owner: City of Rock Falls

Status: Abandoned

Built 1899

by

American Bridge Company (Lassig Branch)

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
97' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Hennepin Canal Feeder

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad over Rock Creek east of Erie

Erie, Whiteside County, Illinois

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1904

by

King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
1-86' and 2-40' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Rock Creek

Significance:

This trough floor steel stringer bridge once carried the former Chicago & North Western Railway over Chase Road south of Fulton

Fulton, Whiteside County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1910

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
2-29' trough floor steel stringer

Description:
Trough floor steel stringer bridge over Chase Road

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad across the former Chicago & North Western Railway east of Fulton

Fulton, Whiteside County, Illinois

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1904 and c. 1990

by

King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
66' through plate girder and concrete modular girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Union Pacific Railroad

Significance:

This large through truss bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over the east channel of the Mississippi River at Clinton

Fulton, Whiteside County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1908

by

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Foundation Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
204' Parker through truss, 7-150' and 1-120' quadrangular lattice through trusses and 76' deck plate girder

Description:
Parker and quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Mississippi River

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad across US Route 30 and Spring Brook east of Fulton

Fulton, Whiteside County, Illinois

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1904 and c. 1990

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
3-80' and 1-60' deck plate girders and concrete modular girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over US Route 30 and Spring Brook

Significance:

This large deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway mainline over Sunfish Slough as part of the Mississippi River crossing at Clinton

Fulton, Whiteside County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1908

by

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Foundation Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
11-50' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Sunfish Slough

Significance: