This concrete slab bridge carries the Bloomingdale (606) Trail over Central Park Avenue in the Humboldt Park neighborhood of Chicago

Humboldt Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to Logan Square, Chicago, 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 Central Park Avenue

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the Union Pacific Rockwell Subdivision over Washington Boulevard

Near West Side, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1897

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

for

Chicago & North Western Railway and Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad

Design:
70' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Washington Boulevard

Significance:

This trough floor steel stringer bridge carries the Union Pacific West Line over Wood Street at Kinzie Street

Near West Side, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1905

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway and Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad

Design:
2-25' and 2-10' trough floor steel stringer

Description:
Trough floor steel stringer bridge over Wood Street

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge crosses Oak Avenue in River Forest

River Forest, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built c. 1910

by

Wisconsin Bridge & Iron Company of North Milwaukee, Wisconsin

for

Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railroad

Design:
1-35' and 2-17' through plate girders

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Oak 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 through plate girder bridge across Wood Street 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 Wood Street

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge crosses the Des Plaines River in Lions Woods Forest Preserve

Des Plaines, 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:
5-65' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Des Plaines River

Significance:

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

River Forest, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1914

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
2-24' and 2-10' trough floor steel stringer

Description:
Trough floor steel stringer bridge over Thatcher Avenue

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the Norfolk Southern Chicago Line over 61st Street in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago

Englewood, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Norfolk Southern Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1898

by

American Bridge Works of Chicago, Illinois and Unknown

for

Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway

Design:
78' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over 61st Street

Significance:

This standard concrete slab bridge carries the CTA Purple Line over Colfax Street in Evanston

Evanston, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Chicago Transit Authority

Status: In Use

Built 1930

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

Design:
2-25' and 2-10' concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Colfax Street

Significance: