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"Lionel" Bridge (Webster County, Iowa)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Soldier Creek on Fort Dodge Nature Trail
Open to pedestrians only

14th Road C&NW Bridge (Marquette County, Wisconsin)
Built 1940
Timber stringer bridge over Union Pacific Railroad (Formerly Chicago & Northwestern Railway) on 14th Road in Town of Monroe
Open to traffic

1st Avenue C&NW Bridge (Adams County, Wisconsin)
Built 1911
Steel plate girder bridge over 1st Ave on Union Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic

1st Avenue Railroad Bridge (Gogebic County, Michigan)
Built 1896
Double-intersection Warren pony truss bridge over 1st Avenue on abandoned railroad
Closed to all traffic

2nd Court C&NW Bridge (Marquette County, Wisconsin)
Built 1911
Pony/through plate girder bridge over 2nd Court on Union Pacific Railroad (formerly Chicago & Northwestern Railway) in Oxford
Open to traffic

3 Rivers Trail 1st Avenue Overpass (Humboldt County, Iowa)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over 1st Avenue on Trail
Open to pedestrians

3 Rivers Trail Arch Bridge (Humboldt County, Iowa)
Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Unnamed Stream on Trail
Open to pedestrians only

3 Rivers Trail Boone River Bridge (Wright County, Iowa)
Bridge over Boone River on Trail
Open to pedestrians only

3 Rivers Trail East Fork Des Moines River Bridge (Humboldt County, Iowa)
Deck plate girder bridge over East Fork Des Moines River on Trail
Open to pedestrians only

3 Rivers Trail Overpass (Humboldt County, Iowa)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over 3 Rivers Trail on 3 Rivers Trail
Open to pedestrians

3 Rivers Trail Pilot Creek Bridge (Pocahontas County, Iowa)
Bridge over Pilot Creek on Trail
Open to pedestrians only

3 Rivers Trail Unnamed Tributary of Pilot Creek (Pocahontas County, Iowa)
Pony plate girder bridge over Crooked Creek on 3 Rivers Trail
Open to traffic

3 Rivers Trail West Fork Des Moines River Bridge (Humboldt County, Iowa)
Deck plate girder bridge over Des Moines River on Trail
Open to pedestrians only

36th Street Bridge (Sheboygan County, Wisconsin)
Built 1910
Abandoned steel stringer bridge over S. 36th Street on C&NW (Abandoned) in Town of Sheboygan
Abandoned

Abandoned CGW Fourmile Creek Bridge (Polk County, Iowa)
Abandoned steel stringer bridge over Fourmile Creek on Railroad
Abandoned

Abandoned CNW Des Moines River Bridge (Emmet County, Iowa)
Truss span with trestle approaches built unknown. Approaches rebuilt 1992 using assorted I-Beams and Steel Girders from other bridges
Deck truss bridge over East Fork Des Moines River on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad just west of Armstrong in Armstrong
Derelict/abandoned

Abandoned CNW Sheboygan River Bridge (Sheboygan County, Wisconsin)
Abandoned pony/through plate girder bridge over Sheboygan River on Railroad
Abandoned

Abandoned M&StL Willow Creek Bridge (Cerro Gordo County, Iowa)
Built 1904
Abandoned deck plate girder bridge over Willow Creek on Railroad
Abandoned

Abandoned Skunk River Railroad Bridge (Hamilton County, Iowa)
Abandoned 2006
Abandoned deck plate girder bridge over Skunk River on Abandoned Union Pacific Railroad
Derelict/abandoned

Abandoned State Street Railroad Bridge (Cerro Gordo County, Iowa)
Built 1930
Pony/through plate girder bridge over E. State Street on Abandoned C&NW Railroad
Intact but closed to all traffic

Appleton CN Railway Swing Bridge (Outagamie County, Wisconsin)
Through truss bridge over Fox River (US Army Corps of Engineers canal) on Canadian National Railway (former Chicago and Northwestern Railway) in Appleton
Open to traffic

Bartonville Rail Bridge (Peoria County, Illinois)
Still In Use.
Through truss bridge over TP&W Ry and Sanitation Rd on UPRR in Bartonville
Open to traffic

Becher Place C&NW Bridge (Milwaukee County, Wisconsin)
Built 1949
Pony/through plate girder bridge over West Becher Place on UPRR (Formerly C&NW)
Open to traffic

Belvidere UPRR Spur Bridge (Boone County, Illinois)
Double-intersection Warren deck truss bridge over Kishwaukee RIver on abandoned UPRR Spur
Abandoned but still intact

BNSF Overpass (Whiteside County, Illinois)
Plate girder bridge over Union Pacific Railroad on BNSF Railroad
Open to traffic

BNSF/UPRR Overpass (Peoria County, Illinois)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over UPRR (former C&NW) on BNSF (former Sante Fe) Railroad
Open

Bram Street Bridge (Dane County, Wisconsin)
Built 1880, Subsequent work 1920; Roadway work 2008
Sandstone arch bridge over Bram Street on C&NW (now UPRR) in Madison
Open to traffic

Broadway Bridge (Sauk County, Wisconsin)
Built 1928
Steel stringer bridge over WI 123 / South Broadway Street on Wisconsin & Southern Railroad (Formerly C&NW) in Baraboo
Open to traffic

Brown Deer Road C&NW Bridge (Milwaukee County, Wisconsin)
Built 1931
Girder bridge over STH 32 - Brown Deer Road on (Former) C&NW - Now UPRR in Bayside
Open to traffic

Buncombe Tunnel (Lafayette County, Wisconsin)
Built 1875, widened 1882; Abandoned 1938
Abandoned tunnel on Railroad
Derelict/abandoned

C&NW Ball Street Bridge (Kane County, Illinois)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Ball Street in Elgin on UPRR (Former C&NW)
Open to traffic

C&NW Bridge (Walworth County, Wisconsin)
Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Creek on Trail
Open to pedestrians

C&NW Bridge #265 (Scott County, Minnesota)
Built 1899 during a line change
Deck plate girder bridge over Unamed Creek on Union Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic

C&NW Bridge #280 (Scott County, Minnesota)
Built 1899 during a line change
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Unamed Creek on Union Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic

C&NW Bridge #290 (Le Sueur County, Minnesota)
Built 1899 during a line change
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Unamed Creek on Union Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic

C&NW Bridge #371 (Nicollet County, Minnesota)
Built 1871
Abandoned stone culvert bridge over Unamed Creek on Abandoned C&NW Railroad
Derelict/abandoned

C&NW Chicago Street Bridge (Kane County, Illinois)
Deck plate girder bridge over Chicago Street in Elgin on UPRR (Former C&NW)
Open to traffic

C&NW Creek Bridge (Kane County, Illinois)
Rails removed in the 1980s
Former Steel stringer bridge over intermitent creek
Open to pedestrians only

C&NW Foss Park Avenue Bridge (Lake County, Illinois)
No build plate but very old 2 track bridge
Bridge over Foss Park Ave on UPRR (Former C&NW)
Open to traffic

C&NW Fox River Bridge (Kane County, Illinois)
Deck plate girder bridge over Fox River in Elgin on UPRR (Former C&NW)
Open to traffic

C&NW Galena North Birdge (Jo Daviess County, Illinois)
Lost Bridge over Galena River on Abandoned Chicago & Northwestern RR
No longer exists

C&NW Highland Avenue Bridge (Kane County, Illinois)
Built 1893
Girder bridge over US 20B (Highland Ave) in Elgin on UPRR (formerly Chicago & North Western RR)
Open to traffic

C&NW Kingston Ghost BRidge (De Kalb County, Illinois)
Abandoned C&NW RR between Belvidere & Sycamore
Lost Bridge over S. Branch Kishwaukee River on Abandoned C&NW RR
Lost

C&NW Kinnickinnic Avenue Bridge (Milwaukee County, Wisconsin)
Built 1909 for Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Girder bridge over WI 32 / Kinnickinnic Avenue on Union Pacific Railroad (formerly Chicago & Northwestern) in Milwaukee
Unknown

C&NW Kinnickinnic River Bridge (Milwaukee County, Wisconsin)
Bridge over Kinnickinnic River on Union Pacific Railroad (Formerly C&NW Madison Division)
Open to traffic

C&NW Mill Creek Bridge (Kane County, Illinois)
Through truss bridge over Mill Creek on Fox River Trail (former C&NW Ry)
Open to pedestrians only

C&NW Milwaukee River Swing Bridge (Milwaukee County, Wisconsin)
Built 1915 to replace a circa 1890 double-track swing bridge
Through truss bridge over Milwaukee River on Chicago & Northwestern
Closed to all traffic

C&NW Montreal River Bridge (Gogebic County, Michigan)
Built 1911
Deck plate girder bridge over Montreal River on Chicago & North Western RR (abandoned)
Open to pedestrians

C&NW National Avenue Bridge (Milwaukee County, Wisconsin)
Built 1911
Girder bridge over West National Avenue and 84th Street on UPRR (Formerly CNW)


C&NW Nippersink Creek Bridge (Walworth County, Wisconsin)
Abandoned deck plate girder bridge over Nippersink Creek on Abandoned Chicago & Northwestern RR
Derelict/abandoned

C&NW Overpass (Rock County, Minnesota)
Built 1890; Removed in 1995; Road is now abandoned
Lost Timber stringer bridge over Chicago & Northwestern Railway on Twp.
Removed

C&NW Powder Mill Creek Bridge (Gogebic County, Michigan)
Abandoned stone arch bridge over Powder Mill Creek on Chicago & North Western RR (abandoned)
Abandoned

C&NW Railway Fox River Arch Bridge (Columbia County, Wisconsin)
Built ca. 1910
Concrete arch bridge over Fox River on UPRR (Formerly Chicago & Northwestern) in Town of Randolph
Open to traffic

C&NW Scranton Avenue Bridge (Lake County, Illinois)
NBI shows 1947 but bridge plate shows 1904
Pony/through plate girder bridge over IL 176 (Scranton Ave) on UPRR (Former C&NW) in Lake Bluff
Open to traffic

C&NW Scranton Avenue Bridge 2 (Lake County, Illinois)
NBI shows 1947 but bridge plate shows 1904
Pony/through plate girder bridge over IL 176 (Scranton Ave) on UPRR (Former C&NW) in Lake Bluff
Open to traffic

C&NW Silver Street Bridge (Iron County, Wisconsin)
Built 1914 by American Bridge Co., railroad abandoned 1982, bridge still used as snowmobile trail
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Silver Street on Chicago & North Western RR (abandoned)
Open to pedestrians

C&NW Truss West (Milwaukee County, Wisconsin)
Through truss bridge over Wisconsin & Southern Railroad on Union Pacific RR (Formerly Chicago & Northwestern) in Milwaukee
Open to traffic

C&NW US 41 Bridge (Lake County, Illinois)
Built 1937
Pony/through plate girder bridge over US 41 (Skokie Hy) on UPRR (Former C&NW)
Open to traffic

C&NW Westleigh Road Bridge (Lake County, Illinois)
Built 1942
Girder bridge over Westleigh Road on UPRR (Former C&NW)
Open to traffic

Capital City Trail Yahara Crossing (Dane County, Wisconsin)
Built 1904; Coverted in Rails-toTrails program ca. 2000
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Yahara River on Former Railroad Right-of-way, now a major bike trail in Madison
Open to pedestrians

Capital City Trail Yahara Crossing Two (Dane County, Wisconsin)
Converted Rails-to-trail
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Yahara River on Branch of the Capital City Trail in Madison
Open to pedestrians

CGW Bailey Creek Bridge (Cerro Gordo County, Iowa)
Abandoned deck plate girder bridge over Bailey Creek on Planned Rail-Trail
Abandoned

CGW Beaverdam Creek Trestle (Cerro Gordo County, Iowa)
Abandoned timber stringer bridge over Beaverdam Creek on Planned Rail-Trail
Abandoned

CGW Cheslea Creek Trestle (Cerro Gordo County, Iowa)
Steel stringer bridge over Cheslea Creek on Planned Rail-Trail
Open to traffic

CGW Deer Creek Bridge (Mitchell County, Iowa)
Abandoned steel stringer bridge over Deer Creek on Abandoned Chicago Northwestern Railway
Derelict/abandoned

CGW Des Moines River Bridge (Polk County, Iowa)
Built 1887, closed to railroad traffic in 2001; purchased by the city in 2002 for future trail usage, to be removed 2013
Abandoned Pratt Truss Bridge over Des Moines River
Gonna be gone by June 2013

CGW Main Street Overpass (Howard County, Iowa)
Lost Steel stringer bridge over Main Street on Railroad (CGW)
Removed

CGW Overpass (Carroll County, Iowa)
Removed betwixt the 1970s and the 1980s aerial imagery
Lost Through truss bridge over Railroad on Railroad
Removed

CGW Upper Iowa River Bridge (Freeborn County, Minnesota)
Built 1903, partially removed sometime after abandonedment in 1970's
Abandoned deck plate girder bridge over Upper Iowa River on Former Chicago Great Western Railway
Derelict/abandoned

CGW Watson Creek Bridge (Howard County, Iowa)
Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Watson Creek on Trail
Open to pedestrians only

CGW West Branch Beaverdam Creek Trestle (Cerro Gordo County, Iowa)
Abandoned timber stringer bridge over West Branch Beaverdam Creek on Planned Rail-Trail
Abandoned

Cherry Valley Railroad Bridge (Winnebago County, Illinois)
Bridge over Kishwaukee River on UPRR (Former C&NW)
Open to traffic

Cheyenne River RR Bridge (Pennington County, South Dakota)
Built 1927 by American Bridge Company
Warren through truss bridge over Cheyenne River on Chicago & Northwestern RR
Open to traffic

Chicago & Northwestern Railway Bridge (Vilas County, Wisconsin)
Built 1902; Converted to snowmobile trail 1980
Deck plate girder bridge over Eagle River on Snowmobile Trail in Eagle River
Open to pedestrian (Summer) and snowmobile traffic

Chicago & Northwestern Railway Buffalo Lake Trestle (Marquette County, Wisconsin)
Built 1911 by American Bridge Co. for the Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Through truss bridge over Fox River / Buffalo Lake on Union Pacific Railroad (formerly Chicago & Northwestern Railway) in Town of Packwaukee
Open to traffic

Chicago & Northwestern Railway Zoo Truss (Milwaukee County, Wisconsin)
Quadrangular Warren through truss bridge over Hank Aaron State Trail (Abandoned Milwaukee Road right-of-way) on Union Pacific Railroad (formerly Chicago & Northwestern Railway)
Open to traffic

Chicago and Northwestern South Railroad Crossing (Emmet County, Iowa)
Girder bridge is a combination of steel through girder and wooden trestle design
Bridge over West Fork Des Moines River south of Estherville on Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, parallel to IA Hwy. 4
Open to traffic

Chicago North Western Fox River Bridge (Kane County, Illinois)
Abandoned lattice through truss bridge over Fox River in Carpentersville on C&NW RR
Abandoned

Chichaqua Valley Trail Santiago Creek Bridge (Polk County, Iowa)
Bridge over Santiago Creek on Trail
Open to pedestrians only

Chichaqua Valley Trail Skunk River Bridge (Polk County, Iowa)
Deck plate girder bridge over Skunk River on Trail
Open to pedestrians only

CN Big Suamico River Bridge (Brown County, Wisconsin)
Built 1901
Deck plate girder bridge over Big Suamico River on Railroad
Open to traffic

CN Fox River Bridge (Brown County, Wisconsin)
Warren pony truss bridge over Fox River on Canadian National Railroad
Open to traffic

CN Little Suamico Railroad Bridge (Oconto County, Wisconsin)
Replaced an earlier bridge of at least partial timber construction. The pilings remain under the current bridge.
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Little Suamico River on Canadian Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic

CN Riverside Drive Overpass (Brown County, Wisconsin)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Riverside Drive on CN Railroad
Open to traffic

CNW Beaver Creek Bridge (Butler County, Iowa)
Lost Pony/through plate girder bridge over Beaver Creek on Railroad
Removed

CNW Big Sioux River Bridge (Sioux County, Iowa)
Lost Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Big Sioux River on Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

CNW Bridge 334 Wisconsin River bridge at Merrimac (Sauk County, Wisconsin)
Built 1909 by Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Combination deck truss bridge over Lake Wisconsin on Wisconsin & Southern Railroad in Merrimac
Open to traffic

CNW Cedar River Bridge (Linn County, Iowa)
1898; survived the Great Flood of 2008 with minor damages; still serves traffic
Pratt through truss bridge over Cedar River on Chicago and Northwestern Railroad (now UPRR)
Open to traffic

CNW Creek Arch (Waukesha County, Wisconsin)
Built 1913
Closed-spandrel arch bridge over Presently Unknown Stream on Trail
Open to pedestrians only

CNW Creek Bridge (Manitowoc County, Wisconsin)
Bridge over Creek on Railroad
Open to pedestrians only

CNW Deck Truss (Bayfield County, Wisconsin)
Abandoned deck truss bridge on Railroad
Abandoned

CNW Des Moines River Bridge (Webster County, Iowa)
Built unknown, removed when the CNW abandoned the line from Stratford, IA to Dayton, IA in 1978
Lost Through Truss Bridge over Des Moines River
Removed

CNW Des Moines River Bridge (Mahaska County, Iowa)
Lost Bridge over Des Moines River on Former Line of C & NW RR
Demolished during/before 1930s with piers remaining

CNW Escabana River Bridge (Delta County, Michigan)
Deck truss bridge over Escanaba River on Railroad
Open to traffic

CNW Galena River Bridge (Lafayette County, Wisconsin)
Lost Quadrangular lattice through truss bridge over Galena River on Railroad
Removed

CNW Ginger Road Overpass (Monroe County, Wisconsin)
Abandoned deck plate girder bridge over Ginger Road on Railroad
Abandoned

CNW Grand Avenue Overpass #2 (Story County, Iowa)
Built 1937; Removed ca. 1985
Lost pony plate girder bridge over Grand Avenue
Removed

CNW Green Bay Road Bridge (Milwaukee County, Wisconsin)
Built 1938
Deck plate girder bridge over WI 57-Green Bay Ave on UPRR (Formerly Chicago & Northwestern) in Glendale
Open to traffic

CNW IA9 Overpass (Emmet County, Iowa)
Built 1931
Abandoned deck girder bridge over IA-9 on Abandoned UP Railroad
Abandoned

CNW Indian Creek Bridge (Linn County, Iowa)
Lost Through truss bridge over Indian Creek on Railroad
Replaced by a new bridge

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