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CN - Dearborn Street Bridge (2020)

Cook County, Illinois

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View from south

Dearborn Street no longer carries traffic, but is still used as a pedestrian underpass. Green area in foreground is children's play area for adjacent school.

Photo taken by Roger Deschner in March 2022

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BH Photo #527572

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Description 

Unlike the other new one-track steel bridges built in 2020 on the St. Charles Air Line, this bridge is wide enough for two tracks, and it is a concrete bridge. That may be because Dearborn Street under the bridge no longer carries traffic, but is only a pedestrian underpass, so clearance was less critical.

Facts 

Overview
Concrete deck girder bridge over Dearborn Street on Canadian National Railway
Location
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 2020 to replace original 1899 bridge
Railroads
- Amtrak (AMTK)
- Canadian National Railway (CN)
- St. Charles Air Line Railroad
Design
Concrete deck girder
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.86070, -87.62882   (decimal degrees)
41°51'39" N, 87°37'44" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/447809/4634500 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 97370 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Amtrak (574)
Built 2020 (18)
Built during 2020s (34)
Canadian National Railway (573)
Chicago, Illinois (332)
Concrete girder (1,080)
Cook County, Illinois (491)
Deck girder (6,345)
 Girder (11,238)
Have street view (29,293)
Illinois (4,947)
Modern (2,680)
Open (41,014)
Owned by railroad (13,593)
St. Charles Air Line Railroad (11)

Update Log 

  • March 27, 2022: Added by Roger Deschner

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Sources 

  • Roger Deschner - rogerdeschner [at] gmail [dot] com

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