I&M Canal Trail - Fox River Bridge

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I&M Canal Trail - Fox River Bridge

This deck plate girder bridge formerly carried the Illinois Traction System over the Fox River and Champlain Street in Ottawa

Ottawa, LaSalle County, Illinois

Owner: City of Ottawa

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1930

by

Mississippi Valley Structural Steel Company of Decatur, Illinois

for

Illinois Traction System

Design:
8-58' deck plate girders

Description:
Deck plate girder bridge over Fox River and Champlain Street

Significance:

Moderate

CN Foss Park Avenue Bridge

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CN Foss Park Avenue Bridge

This through plate girder bridge carries the former Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway over Foss Park Avenue in North Chicago

North Chicago, Lake County, Illinois

Owner: Canadian National Railway

Status: In Use

Built 1943

by

Unknown and John Darrow of Waukegan, Illinois

for

Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway

Design:
88' through plate girder

Description:
Through plate girder bridge over Foss Park Avenue

Significance:

Local

UP Bridge #40.50

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UP Bridge #40.50

(Chicago & North Western Railway Bridge #375)

This stone arch and stone box culvert once carried the former Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway mainline over an unnamed creek in Baldwin

Baldwin, St. Croix County, Wisconsin

Owner: Union Pacific Railroad

Status: Replaced by a new bridge

Built 1891 and 1912

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
4'x6' stone arch and stone box culvert

Description:
Stone arch and stone box culvert over unnamed creek

Significance:

Local

CPKC Menomonee River Bridge (Valley Park)

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CPKC Menomonee River Bridge (Valley Park)

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #B-10)

This steel stringer bridge carries the former Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) mainline over the Menomonee River near Interstate 94 on the west side of Milwaukee

West Side, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: In Use

Built c. 1935

by

Unknown

for

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
4-45' steel stringers

Description:
Steel stringer bridge over Menomonee River

Significance:

Local

Bloomingdale Trail - Humboldt Boulevard Bridge

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Bloomingdale Trail - Humboldt Boulevard Bridge

(Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Bridge #Z-10V)

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

West Town, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois to Humboldt Park, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Owner: City of Chicago

Status: Open to Pedestrian Traffic

Built 1914

by

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway

Design:
12 span concrete slab

Description:
Concrete slab bridge over Humboldt Boulevard

Significance:

Local

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