CN - Calumet River Bridge

Photos 

Photo taken by Steve Conro in September 2012

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BH Photo #239850

Map 

Street View 

Facts 

Overview

Warren through truss bridge over Calumet River on Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Ry (now CNRR)

Location

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Status

Open

History

Built 1974

Builder

- American Bridge Co. of New York

Railroads

- Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway (EJE)

Design

Warren through truss

Also called

EJ&E - Calumet River Bridge

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.72879, -87.53930   (decimal degrees)
41°43'44" N, 87°32'21" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/455147/4619804 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Lake Calumet

Land survey

T. 37 N., R. 15 E., Sec. 5

Inventory number

BH 53614 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• March 13, 2022: New photo from Mark Boettcher
• December 20, 2020: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
• October 4, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
• July 29, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
• October 8, 2013: New Street View added by J.P.
• September 23, 2012: Updated by Steve Conro: Added category "Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railroad"

Related Bridges 

• EJ&E - Calumet River Bridge #710 (Predecessor)

Sources 

• Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Douglas Butler
• J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
• Geoff Hubbs
• Mark Boettcher

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