This through and deck girder bridge carries the CTA Yellow Line over Dodge Avenue

Evanston, 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:
75' through plate girder and 4-28' deck plate girder

Description:
Through and deck plate girder bridge over Dodge Avenue

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries the Union Pacific West line over the Des Plaines River between River Forest and Maywood

River Forest, Cook County, Illinois to Maywood, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1923 and c. 1980

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
3-55' deck plate girders and 2-40' steel stringers

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Des Plaines River

Significance:

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

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge once carried numerous tracks of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway/New York Central Railroad over 43rd Street

Grand Boulevard, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to Fuller Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Regional Transportation Authority (Metra)

Status: In Use

Built 1897

by

Chicago Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago, Illinois and King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio

for

Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway and Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway

Design:
1-70' through plate girder (west tracks); 1-40' through plate girder and 2-15' steel stringer (east tracks)

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over 43rd Street

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries the former Santa Fe over the Des Plaines River in Lyons

Lyons, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: BNSF Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1898

by

Unknown

for

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway

Design:
6-52' deck plate girder and 2-30' concrete slab

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Des Plaines River

Significance:

This large trough floor steel stringer viaduct carries the Union Pacific North, Northwest and West Lines over Kinzie Street and Clinton Street

Near West Side, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1910

by

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

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
8 span trough floor steel stringer

Description:
Trough floor steel stringer bridge over Kinzie Street and Clinton Street

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the Union Pacific Railroad Cragin Subdivision over Milwaukee Avenue

Irving Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to Portage Park, 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:
1-64' and 2-19' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Milwaukee Avenue

Significance:

This concrete slab bridge carries the Bloomingdale (606) Trail over Hoyne Avenue in the West Town neighborhood of Chicago

West Town, 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 Hoyne Avenue

Significance:

This through plate girder bridge carries the Belt Railway of Chicago over Monroe Street

West Garfield Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to Austin, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: Belt Railway of Chicago

Status: In Use

Built c. 1900

by

Unknown

for

Belt Railway of Chicago

Design:
72' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Monroe Street

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: