Chicago & Alton Railroad

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Chicago & Alton Little Blue River Bridge (Jackson County, Missouri)
Built 1900 by the Chicago & Alton Railway
Warren through truss bridge over Little Blue River on ICG Railroad in Independence
Open to traffic

Chicago & Alton Railroad Bridge (Cook County, Illinois)
Built 1906
Warren through truss with no verticals bridge over Branch of Chicago River on Chicago & Alton Railroad
Open to traffic

First Glasgow Railroad Bridge (Howard County, Missouri)
Built 1878-79 by Gen. William Sooy Smith; superstructure replaced in 1900
Lost Whipple through truss bridge over Missouri River on Chicago & Alton Railroad
Superstructure replaced

Glasgow Railroad Bridge (Howard County, Missouri)
Built 1900, using piers from earlier 1879 bridge
Four-span through truss railroad bridge over the Missouri River on the Kansas City Southern Railroad
Open to traffic

GWWR Illinois River Bridge (Greene County, Illinois)
Through truss bridge over Illinois River on Kansas City Southern Railway (former GWWR and Chicago & Alton) Railroad
Open to traffic

KCS Crysler Avenue Overpass (Jackson County, Missouri)
Steel stringer bridge over S Crysler Ave on Kansas City Southern Railway, Mexico Sub
Open to traffic

Lawndale Arch (Logan County, Illinois)
Built on former C & A right-of-way now bypassed by UP Railroad 300 yards west of location
Abandoned arch bridge over derelict farm road on former Chicago and Alton Railroad 1 mile north of Lawndale
Abandoned

UPRR Rooks Creek Bridge (Livingston County, Illinois)
Built in 1928 as a two track. Only one track remains.
Deck plate girder bridge over Rooks Creek on UPRR (former Chicago & Alton Ry)
Open