This small steel stringer bridge carries the former Aurora, Elgin & Fox River Electric Company over an unnamed creek near Woodcliff Station in South Elgin

South Elgin, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Fox River Trolley Museum

Status: In Use

Built c. 1905

by

Unknown

for

Elgin, Aurora & Southern Traction Company

Design:
18' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over unnamed creek

Significance:

This small concrete arch culvert carries the Batavia Branch of the Illinois Prairie Path over Batavia Creek near Illinois Route 25

Batavia, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Forest Preserve District of Kane County

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1901

by

Cleveland Construction Company of Akron, Ohio

for

Aurora, Elgin & Chicago Railway

Design:
10' concrete arch culvert

Description:
Concrete arch culvert over Batavia Creek

Significance:

This concrete box culvert carries the Fox River Trail over an unnamed creek near Dwight Street in Elgin

Elgin, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Forest Preserve District of Kane County

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1901

by

Cleveland Construction Company of Akron, Ohio

for

Aurora, Elgin & Chicago Railway

Design:
5' concrete box culvert

Description:
Concrete box culvert over unnamed creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge once carried the Metra Milwaukee District West over the Fox River in Elgin

Elgin, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian Pacific Railway

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1905 and 1926

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
6-84' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Fox River

Significance:

This small steel stringer bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over Tyler Creek on the west side of Elgin

Elgin, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built c. 1930

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
25' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Tyler Creek

Significance:

This large concrete arch bridge is the eastern of two structures carrying the former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad over the Fox River at Hurds Island

Aurora, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1920

by

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
2-65' open spandrel concrete arch

Description:
Open spandrel concrete arch bridge over Fox River

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over Chicago Street in Elgin

Elgin, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1890

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
42' deck plate girder, and 17' and 18' deck plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Chicago Street

Significance:

This concrete slab bridge carries the former Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad over Spring Street in Aurora

Aurora, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1922

by

Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Design:
2-24' and 2-11' concrete slabs

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Spring Street

Significance:

This concrete arch bridge carries the Fox River Trail over Poplar Creek on the south side of Elgin

Elgin, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Forest Preserve District of Kane County

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1901

by

Cleveland Construction Company of Akron, Ohio

for

Aurora, Elgin & Chicago Railway

Design:
30' concrete arch

Description:
Concrete arch bridge over Poplar Creek

Significance:

This abandoned steel stringer bridge carried the Chicago & North Western Railway over a driveway of the Elgin Corrugated Box Company

Elgin, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Abandoned

Built 1912

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
20' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over former driveway

Significance: