This through plate girder bridge once carried the Union Pacific North Line over Winnemac Avenue in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Chicago

Lincoln Square, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1897

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
70' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Winnemac Avenue

Significance:

This massive vertical lift bridge carries Amtrak and the Metra Southwest Service and Heritage Corridor over the South Branch Chicago River east of Canal Street

Armour Square, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to Lower West Side, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Amtrak

Status: In Use

Built 1914

by

Pennsylvania Steel Company of Steelton, Pennsylvania and Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway

Design:
280' Parker through truss vertical lift bridge

Description:
Parker through truss vertical lift bridge over South Branch Chicago River

Significance:

This historic pony truss bridge was reused at multiple locations throughout the City of Chicago, before being installed here in 1924

Albany Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to North Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: City of Chicago

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1924 using a span originally fabricated 1885

by

Alden and Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois

for

City of Chicago

Design:
79' double intersection Warren pony truss

Description:
Double intersection Warren pony truss bridge over North Branch Chicago River

Significance:

This trough floor steel stringer bridge carries the Union Pacific West line over Franklin Avenue in River Forest

River Forest, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1912

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
2-27' and 2-10' trough floor steel stringer

Description:
Trough floor steel stringer bridge over Franklin Avenue

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge crosses Illinois Route 43 (Harlem Avenue) in Lyons

Lyons, Cook County, Illinois to Forest View, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1931

by

Unknown

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
1-48' and 2-29' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Illinois Route 43 (Harlem Avenue)

Significance:

This abandoned Pennsylvania through truss span was left standing after much of the of the Logan Square Branch was abandoned.

Near West Side, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Abandoned, reused as signal bridge

Built 1895

by

Mt. Vernon Bridge Company of Mt. Vernon, Ohio

for

Metropolitan West Side Elevated

Design:
258' Parker through truss

Description:
Parker through truss bridge over Union Pacific Railroad

Significance:

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

North Center, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

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 Wellington Avenue

Significance:

This unique truss and girder bridge carries the CTA Yellow Line over the North Shore Channel, McCormick Boulevard and an abandoned C&NW line

Skokie, 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:
120' double intersection Warren deck truss, 105' Pratt pony truss and deck plate girder

Description:
Truss and girder bridge over North Shore Channel, McCormick Boulevard and abandoned C&NW Railway

Significance:

This trough floor steel stringer bridge carries the Union Pacific West line over Ashland Avenue in River Forest

River Forest, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1912

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
2-27' and 2-10' trough floor steel stringer

Description:
Trough floor steel stringer bridge over Ashland Avenue

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge across Winchester 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 Winchester Avenue

Significance: