This historic quadrangular lattice through truss bridge once carried an abandoned railroad spur over the Fox River in Carpentersville

Carpentersville, Kane County, Illinois

Owner: Private Owner

Status: Removed

Built 1926 using a span fabricated c. 1880

by

Leighton Bridge and Iron Works of Rochester, New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
99' quadrangular lattice through truss, steel stringer and timber pile trestle

Description:
Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Fox River

Significance:

This large lattice deck truss bridge is one of the most significant railroad bridges in the United States

Eau Claire, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

Owner: City of Eau Claire

Status: Open to trail traffic

Built 1880 and 1898

by

Leighton Bridge and Iron Works of Rochester, New York and Lassig Bridge & Iron Works of Chicago

for

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway

Design:
4-180' quintuple intersection lattice deck truss

Description:
Lattice deck truss bridge over Chippewa River

Significance:

This unique through truss swing bridge once carried the Chicago & North Western Railway over the Minnesota River and is among the oldest surviving movable bridges in the United States

New Ulm, Minnesota, Minnesota to Courtland, Nicollet County, Minnesota

Owner: Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited

Status: Open to traffic but used sparingly

Built 1880

by

Rust and Coolidge of Chicago, Illinois and Leighton Bridge and Iron Works of Rochester, New York

for

Chicago & North Western Railway

Design:
206' pin connected camelback through truss swing span and 2-130' quadrangular lattice through trusses

Description:
Historic through truss swing bridge over Minnesota River

Significance: