This deck plate girder bridge carries the former Milwaukee Road over State Line Road west of Richmond

Richmond, McHenry County, Illinois to Zenda, Walworth County, Wisconsin

Owner: Wisconsin & Southern Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1901 and strengthened 1931

by

American Bridge Company of New York and Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
30' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over State Line Road

Significance:

This small stone arch culvert carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over an Thunderbird Creek north of Crystal Lake

Crystal Lake, McHenry County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1885

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
8' stone arch culvert

Description:
Stone arch culvert over Thunderbird Creek

Significance:

This steel stringer bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over Pleasant Hill Road north of Crystal Lake

Crystal Lake, McHenry County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1996 using a span fabricated 1906

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
29' steel stringer

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Pleasant Hill Road

Significance:

This small stone arch culvert carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over an unnamed creek north of Crystal Lake

Crystal Lake, McHenry County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1885

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
8' stone arch culvert

Description:
Stone arch culvert over unnamed creek

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over Crystal Creek in Algonquin

Algonquin, McHenry County, Illinois

Owner: McHenry County Conservation District

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1908

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
50' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Crystal Creek

Significance:

This unique helicoidal skew stone arch bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over South Street in Woodstock

Woodstock, McHenry County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1867 and 1897

by

Unknown

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
16' helicoidal skew stone arch

Description:
Helicoidal skew stone arch bridge over South Street

Significance:

This deck plate girder bridge carries the former Milwaukee Road over US Route 12 south of Richmond

Richmond, McHenry County, Illinois

Owner: Wisconsin & Southern Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1900

by

American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
45' deck plate girder

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over US Route 12

Significance:

This Warren deck truss bridge carries the Union Pacific Northwest line over the Fox River along US Route 14 between Cary and Fox River Grove

Cary, McHenry County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1898

by

Phoenix Bridge Company of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
2-120' Warren deck trusses

Description:
Warren deck truss bridge over Fox River

Significance:

This through plate girder and steel stringer bridge carries the Union Pacific Harvard Subdivision over the Union Pacific McHenry Subdivision in Crystal Lake

Crystal Lake, McHenry County, Illinois

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: In Use

Built 1898 and 1927

by

Phoenix Bridge Company of Phoenixville, Pennsylvania and American Bridge Company of New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
24' through plate girder (north tracks), 2 span steel stringer (south track)

Description:
Through plate girder and steel stringer bridge over Union Pacific Railroad

Significance:

This large deck plate girder bridge carries the former Chicago & North Western Railway over the Fox River in Algonquin

Algonquin, McHenry County, Illinois

Owner: McHenry County Conservation District

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1891

by

Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
3-75' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Fox River

Significance: