, Illinois

Railroad Bridges in , Illinois

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Random Bridges

UP Skokie River Bridge

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #269-C)

This deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over the Skokie River

Lake Forest, Lake County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1930

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
50' deck plate girder and 16' steel stringer

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Skokie River

Significance:

Local

CN Kaskaskia River Bridge (Bondville)

(Illinois Central Railroad Bridge #N-6.2)

This deck plate girder bridge crosses the Kaskaskia River along Illinois Route 10 east of Bondville

Bondville, Champaign County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: Closed to Traffic

Built 1929 using a span fabricated 1906

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
34' deck plate girder and timber pile trestle

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Kaskaskia River

Significance:

Local

UP Des Plaines Street Bridge (North)

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #2.6A)

This trough floor steel stringer bridge carries the Union Pacific North and Northwest Lines over Des Plaines Street

West Town, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1910

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

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
2-26' and 2-17' trough floor steel stringer

Description:
Trough floor steel stringer bridge over Des Plaines Street

Significance:

Local

BNSF Sugar Creek Bridge (East Moline)

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #E-514)

This standard through plate girder bridge carries the former Milwaukee Road over Sugar Creek in East Moline

East Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1904

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
45' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Sugar Creek

Significance:

Local

CN Bridge #114.1

(Illinois Central Railroad Bridge #D-114.1)

This standard concrete slab bridge carries the former Illinois Central Railroad over a tributary of Drummer Creek southwest of Gibson City

Gibson City, Ford County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1920

Unknown

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
4-14' concrete slabs

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over tributary of Drummer Creek

Significance:

Minimal

UP Roscoe Street Bridge (North Center)

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #1302 3/4)

This through plate girder bridge carries the Union Pacific North Line over Roscoe Street in the North Center neighborhood of Chicago

North Center, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use, Scheduled For Replacement

Built 1896

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
70' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Roscoe Street

Significance:

Local

NS Branch Mosquito Creek Bridge (Blue Mound)

(Wabash Railroad Bridge #723)

This standard deck plate girder bridge carries the former Wabash Railroad over a branch of Mosquito Creek along Illinois Route 48 northeast of Blue Mound

Blue Mound, Macon County, Illinois

Owner: Norfolk Southern Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1915 using a span fabricated 1905

Unknown and William P. Carmichael Company of St. Louis, Missouri

for

Wabash Railroad

Design:
30' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Branch of Mosquito Creek

Significance:

Local