This is a railroad swing bridge crossing the Sanitary and Ship Canal near Kedzie Avenue. It was built in 1899–1900. Architect was Sanitary District of Chicago. Substructure Contractors were McArthur Brothers and Winston and Company. The Toledo Bridge Company was the superstructure contractor. Total cost $110,644.85. Weight of the iron and steel in the completed bridge was 2,511,140 pounds.

Kedzie Avenue CN Bridge

Kedzie Avenue CN Bridge

Bridge type is metal pin-connected Pratt Through truss, movable: swing (center pier). Main span length 474.2 feet. Structure length 479.4 feet. Bridge supports 2 tracks.

Used by Chicago Madison and Northern RR. and IC RR.

Currently used by Canadian National.

The current bridge crosses the Illinois River in Seneca, Illinois. The original bridge at this site was likely wooden or iron construction dating to 1853. It was built for the Rock Island Line. This was replaced by a steel bridge. The current bridge was a modification of the steel bridge to a vertical lift bridge in the 1930’s.

The description of this bridge is as follows: metal 6 panel pin-connected Pratt through Truss, Movable: vertical lift (tower drive) and approach spans: metal 6 panel pin-connected Pratt through truss., fixed. Builder/contractor is unknown.

Main span length is 180 feet. Structure length is 650 feet. There is one track.

Seneca Railroad Bridge

Seneca Railroad Bridge

Seneca Railroad

Current user of the bridge is CSX.

     This rail bridge crosses the Illinois River at Chillicothe, Illinois.

BNSF Chillicothe Rail Bridge.

The bridge was originally built for the Santa Fe Railroad in 1932.

BNSF Chillicothe Railroad Bridge

     The bridge type is polygonal Warren through truss.  Approach spans are Warren deck truss.  There are two tracks. Largest span measures 400 feet.  Total length is 1,700 feet.  Currently, the bridge is used by BNSF.

     There was a prior bridge at this site.  It was built in 1887.  This bridge had a draw span that was raised and lowered for the passage of boat traffic.  This was demolished in 1932.

This bridge crosses the Illinois River at Pekin, Illinois. Builder was the King Bridge Company of Cleveland, Ohio. Construction date was 1912.

The bridge type was a metal 7 panel pin-connected Pratt through truss movable vertical lift (tower drive) and approach spans: metal 9 panel rivet-connected lattice Quadruple Warren through truss fixed. Main span was 175 feet. Structure length was 1508 feet.

The bridge has one track. It was used by the Chicago and North Western and the UnionPacific.

Pekin Railroad Bridge

Control House Pekin Railroad Bridge

Pekin Railroad Bridge

This bridge crosses the Illinois River near Beardstown

The original bridge was built in 1869. It was a swing bridge. This bridge was modified. It is currently a through truss vertical lift bridge. It has one track. The longest span is 300 feet. The bridge is currently used by BNSF. In the past, it was used by CBQ.

Beardstown Railroad Bridge

Beardstown Railroad Bridge

Beardstown Railroad Bridge

This bridge crosses the Illinois River near the small town of Pearl. It was built in 1902. The bridge description is polygonal Warren through truss type. In 1978, the bridge was modified to add a lift span. The contractor was American Bridge Company of New York.

There is one track. Length is 1180 feet. Main span is 425 feet.

The following railroads used this bridge at various times: Chicago and Alton, Gateway Western, Kansas City Southern.

Pearl Railroad Bridge

Pearl Railroad Bridge

The Meredosia Railroad Bridge crosses the Illinois River. It was built in 1957. It is a lost through truss swing bridge. Last train crossed the bridge in 1955.

There was one track. The builder was William J. McDannald. The bridge was used by the Wabash RR.

Meredosia Railroad Bridge

Same as above

This was a railroad bridge over the Illinois River near DePue. The bridge type was a Lost Polygonal Warren through swing bridge. It was built by the Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company of Milwaukee. It was 360 feet in length. Deck width was 120 feet.

De Pue Swing Bridge

DePue Swing Bridge

Over the years, the bridge was used by the following railroads Chicago, Indiana, and Southern; Chicago, Milwaukee and Saint Paul; Indiana, Illinois, and Iowa; New York Central, Penn Central, Streator and Clinton Railroad.

Henry Bridge crosses the Illinois River on IL 18. It was built in 1935. It is a steel bridge with 6 Pennsylvania Style through truss spans. Construction costs were $300,000.

Bridge length is 1719 feet. Longest span is 364 feet. The bridge width is 23 feet with 2 lanes.

This bridge crossed the Illinois River on Old IL 26 in Hennepin. This bridge was built in 1936.

Bridge Plaque. It was built in 1936.

The bridge type was a Lost through Truss.

Hennepin Bridge

Hennepin Bridge

Bridge was removed in 20001.