This through plate girder bridge across Hoyne 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:
1-44' and 2-11' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Hoyne Avenue

Significance:

This deck plate girder and concrete slab bridge crosses Front Street and the Old Plank Road Trail in Matteson

Matteson, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1923

by

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

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
37' deck plate girder, 34' concrete encased beam and 2-25' concrete slabs

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Front Street and Old Plank Road Trail

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge once carried the Union Pacific North Line over Berteau Avenue in the North Center neighborhood of Chicago

North Center, 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 Berteau Avenue

Significance:

This trough floor steel stringer bridge is the eastern of three parallel bridges across Ogden Avenue (former US Route 66) at this location

Near West Side, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: CSX Corporation

Status: In Use

Built 1909

by

Chicago Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois

for

Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad

Design:
4-28', 2-14' trough floor steel stringer

Description:
Trough floor steel stringer bridge over Ogden Avenue

Significance:

This concrete encased beam bridge carries the Metra Electric District over Flossmoor Road

Flossmoor, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1923

by

Bates & Rogers Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
2-20' concrete encased beam and 1-10' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete encased beam bridge over Flossmoor Road

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the Union Pacific Cragin Industrial Lead over Palmer Street

Hermosa, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to Belmont-Cragin, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1902

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
41' through plate girder and 2-11' steel stringer

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Palmer Street

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the Union Pacific North Line over Armitage Avenue in the Logan Square neighborhood of Chicago

Logan Square, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1899

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
43' and 2-16' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Armitage Avenue

Significance:

This heavily modified concrete slab bridge carries the Bloomingdale (606) Trail over Paulina Street in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago

West Town, , Cook County, Illinois

Owner: City of Chicago

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1914

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
2-20' and 2-10' concrete slabs

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Paulina Street

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge crosses Lombard Avenue in Berwyn

Berwyn, Cook County, Illinois to Cicero, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1912

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Illinois Central Railroad

Design:
40' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Lombard Avenue

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge crosses the Union Pacific West Line, Hawthorne Avenue and Central Avenue in River Forest

River Forest, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built c. 1910 and raised 1914

by

Unknown

for

Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad

Design:
1-100' and 2-54' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Union Pacific Railroad, Hawthorne Avenue and Central Avenue

Significance: