Kankakee River

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BNSF - Kankakee River Bridges (Will County, Illinois)
Built 1901, Northbound Bridge Replaced Ca. 2000
Twin Girder bridges over Kankakee River on BNSF Railway
Open to traffic

CKIN - Kankakee River Bridge (Starke County, Indiana)
Built 1954
Deck plate girder bridge over Kankakee River on Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad (ex-C&O, CSX Transportation) in English Lake


CN - Kankakee River Bridge (Kankakee County, Illinois)
Built 1919
Concrete arch bridge over Kankakee River on Canadian National Railroad in Kankakee
Open to traffic

CSX - Kankakee River Bridge (Newton County, Indiana)
Built 1956
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Kankakee River on CSX Railroad
Open to traffic

CSX-Kankakee River Bridge (La Porte County, Indiana)
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Kankakee River on CSX
Open to traffic

Dunn's Bridge (Jasper County, Indiana)
Built ca.1895 by P.E. Lane using trusses recycled from the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
Steel through arch bridge over Kankakee River on CR 500 E (bypassed)
Open to pedestrians

IL102 Rock Creek Bridge (Kankakee County, Illinois)
Open-spandrel arch bridge over Rock Creek on Illinois Rt 102
Closed, being demolished

IL17 North Channel Kankakee River Bridge (Kankakee County, Illinois)
Replaced a concrete arch structure built in early 1900's
Steel Stringer Bridge over Kankakee River, North Channel on Illinois Rt 1 & Illinois Rt 17
Open to traffic

IL17 South Channel Kankakee River Bridge (Kankakee County, Illinois)
Built in1938 Rehabilitated 1986
Steel stringer bridge over Kankakee River, south channel on Illinois Route 1 & 17
Open to traffic

K&S - Kankakee River Bridge (Kankakee County, Illinois)
Built 1915. Demolished 1933.
Lost Deck truss bridge over Kankakee River on Kankakee & Seneca Railroad
Removed

Kankakee River Bridge (Starke County, Indiana)
Built 1932; rehabilitated 1974; replaced 1999
Lost through truss bridge over Kankakee River on US 421
Replaced by new bridge

Kankakee River CR 1100W Bridge (La Porte County, Indiana)
Built 1912, removed in 1980's.
Through truss bridge over Kankakee River on CR 1100W
Demolished

Kankakee River CR 1500S Bridge (La Porte County, Indiana)
Built 1913, replaced 2001
Through truss bridge over Kankakee River on CR 1500 South
Replaced by New Bridge

Kankakee River IN 49 Bridge (Jasper County, Indiana)
Built 1941; rehabilitated 1996 & 2014
Parker through truss bridge over Kankakee River on IN 49
Open to traffic

Kankakee River Range Line Road Bridge (Lake County, Indiana)
Built ca. 1920
Through truss bridge over Kankakee River on Range Line Road
In storage or disassembled

Kankakee River Station Street Bridge (Kankakee County, Illinois)
Built 1924; rehabilitated 1979
Open-spandrel arch bridge over Kankakee River on Station Street
Open to traffic

Kankakee River-CR 300S Bridge (La Porte County, Indiana)
Lost pony truss bridge over Kankakee River on New Road (CR 300S)
Replaced by new bridge

Kankakee River-State Line Road Bridge (Lake County, Indiana)
Built ca. 1900
Pennsylvania through truss bridge over Kankakee River on State Line Road
Closed to all traffic

Kankakee River-US 41(NB) Bridge (Newton County, Indiana)
Built 1933, rehabilitated in 1975, replaced in 1995
Lost through truss bridge over Kankakee River on Northbound US 41
Replaced by new bridge

KBSR - Kankakee River Bridge (Kankakee County, Illinois)
Built 1917
Steel deck plate bridge over Kankakee River & Birchwood Ln on Kankakee, Beaverville & Southern RR in Aroma Park
Open to traffic

Little Kankakee River-CR 350S Bridge (La Porte County, Indiana)
Built 1916; replaced 1998
Lost pony truss bridge over Little Kankakee River on CR 350S
Replaced by new bridge

NS - Kankakee River Bridge (Kankakee County, Illinois)
Built 1960
Girder bridge over US 45-52 & Kankakee River on NS RR
Open to traffic

NS - Kankakee River Bridge (Newton County, Indiana)
Built 1909
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Kankakee River on Norfolk Southern Railway
Open to traffic

NYC - Kankakee River Bridge (Newton County, Indiana)
Abandoned pony/through plate girder bridge over Kankakee River on Abandoned New York Central Railroad
Derelict/abandoned

PRR - Kankakee River Bridge (Starke County, Indiana)
Part of the PRR's Chicago to Logansport main line, and formerly double tracked. Line abandoned about 1980 and tracks pulled shortley thereafter. C&O Railroad bridge immediately to it's East.
Abandoned deck plate girder bridge over Kankakee River on former Conrail (ex- Panhandle, Pennsylvania Railroad, Penn Central) in English Lake
Abandoned

Range Street Bridge (Kankakee County, Illinois)
Built 1886 by the Massillon Bridge Company; Replaced 1938
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Kankakee River
No longer exists

Rock Creek Suspension Bridge-Kankakee River State Park (Kankakee County, Illinois)
Wire suspension bridge over Rock Creek on Hiking trail in Kankakee River State Park
Open to pedestrians

Shelby Bridge (Newton County, Indiana)
Built 1914, rehabilitated in 1973, replaced in 1997
Lost pair of through truss bridges over Kankakee River on IN 55
Replaced by new bridge

South Island Bridge (Will County, Illinois)
Pony truss bridge over East Branch Kankakee River on West Street, 0.25 mi. north of Kahler Rd
Now resides as a display at DDD Construction in Coal City.

Station Street Bridge - Old (Kankakee County, Illinois)
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Kankakee River on Station Street in Kankakee
No longer exists

UP - Kankakee River Bridge (Will County, Illinois)
Built 1944, Replaced 2017
Deck plate girder bridge over Kankakee River on Union Pacific Railroad in Wilmington
Open

UP - Kankakee River Bridge (Momence, North Channel) (Kankakee County, Illinois)
Deck girder bridge over Kankakee River on Union Pacific Railroad


UP - Kankakee River Bridge (Momence, South Channel) (Kankakee County, Illinois)
Deck girder bridge over Kankakee River on Union Pacific Railroad
Open to traffic

Washington Street Bridge (Kankakee County, Illinois)
New spandrel piers and deck, piers and arches coated with gunnite 1955
Lost Open-spandrel arch bridge over Kankakee River on US 45 & 52, Washington Street
Replaced by new bridge

Wauponsee Glacial Trail - Kankakee River Bridge (Will County, Illinois)
Original 598' iron truss bridge (4 spans @ 150') built 1880; rebuilt 1902 with this bridge (built by Wisconsin Bridge & Iron); 1968 derailment in a unknown year damaged the easternmost truss span, and was replaced with a pony plate girder.
Pratt through truss bridge over Kankakee River on Wauponsee Glacial Trail (formerly Wabash, later N&W, then NS Railway)
Open to pedestrians