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CN - Roosevelt Road Overpass

Du Page County, Illinois

Photo 

Photo taken by Steve Conro in December 2011

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BH Photo #221514

Map 

Street View 

Description 

Former two track bridge. Second track has been abandoned and removed from EB side.

Facts 

Overview
Deck plate gorder bridge over Roosevelt Rd (IL38) on former EJ&E Ry (now CN)
Location
West Chicago, Du Page County, Illinois
Status
Open
Builder
- American Bridge Co. of New York
Railroads
- Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway (EJE)
Design
Deck plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 27.2 ft.
Total length: 58.1 ft.
Also called
EJ&E - Roosevelt Road Overpass
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.86693, -88.21029   (decimal degrees)
41°52'01" N, 88°12'37" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/399557/4635709 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Naperville
Land survey
T. 39 N., R. 9 E., Sec. 16
Inventory numbers
IL 022-0021 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 50354 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,522)
Built 1932 (962)
Built during 1930s (11,776)
Canadian National Railway (517)
Deck girder (5,784)
Du Page County, Illinois (36)
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway (43)
Girder (10,308)
Have street view (27,082)
 Illinois (4,689)
Open (39,991)
Owned by railroad (12,511)
Plate girder (7,991)
Railroad (15,618)
Span length 25-50 feet (15,714)
Total length 50-75 feet (9,318)
West Chicago, Illinois (3)

Update Log 

  • December 1, 2016: New Street View added by Clark Vance
  • December 9, 2011: New photo from Steve Conro
  • November 29, 2011: Added by Steve Conro

Sources 

  • Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Clark Vance - cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com

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