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CA&E - Des Plaines River Bridge

Cook County, Illinois

Photo 

Public Domain: Published Prior to 1923

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BH Photo #349491

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Pony plate girder bridge over Des Plaines River Bridge on Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railroad
Location
Maybrook, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Removed
History
Built 1902, Removed 1958
Builder
- King Bridge Co. of Cleveland, Ohio
Railroads
- Aurora, Elgin & Chicago Railway (AE&C)
- Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railroad (CA&E)
- Interurban
Design
Pony plate girder
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.87243, -87.82538   (decimal degrees)
41°52'21" N, 87°49'31" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/431507/4635942 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Berwyn
Inventory number
BH 65232 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Aurora, Elgin & Chicago Railway (14)
Built 1902 (590)
Built during 1900s (7,681)
Chicago, Aurora & Elgin Railroad (20)
Cook County, Illinois (491)
Des Plaines River (27)
Girder (11,222)
Illinois (4,947)
Interurban (1,012)
 King Bridge Co. (442)
Lost (29,047)
Lost 1958 (106)
Lost during 1950s (925)
Maybrook, Illinois (1)
Owned by state (16,591)
Plate girder (8,770)
Railroad (16,518)
Through girder (4,210)

Update Log 

  • January 2, 2015: Added by Luke

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