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CN - Sheridan Road Overpass

Lake County, Illinois

Photos 

Looking North

Photo taken by Steve Conro in February 2012

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BH Photo #224435

Map 

Street View 

Description 

NBI lists length of 122' but that's only the 2 spans over Sheridan Rd. The bridge continues across the old C&NW (now UP) tracks. The old picture from the EJ&E archive site had dates of 1892 & 1903 so part of this may have been built in 1892. The span over the UP tracks has obviously rebuilt sometime as current pics show a larger bridge with newer piers than the old photo.

Facts 

Overview
Pony/through plate girder bridge over Sheridan Rd/Union Pacific RR on EJ&E Ry (now CN)
Location
North Chicago, Lake County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1903
Railroads
- Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Chicago & North Western Railway (CNW)
- Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway (EJE)
- Union Pacific Railroad (UP)
Design
Pony plate girder
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 116.0 ft.
Total length: 240.0 ft.
Also called
EJ&E - Sheridan Road Overpass
CN/UP Overpass
EJ&E/CNW Overpass
Approximate latitude, longitude
+42.32493, -87.83955   (decimal degrees)
42°19'30" N, 87°50'22" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/430824/4686194 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Waukegan
Land survey
T. 44 N., R. 12 E., Sec. 4
Inventory numbers
IL 049-0108 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 51169 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1903 (596)
Built during 1900s (7,260)
Canadian National Railway (518)
Chicago & North Western Railway (1,408)
Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway (43)
Girder (10,307)
Have street view (27,081)
Illinois (4,689)
Lake County, Illinois (58)
 North Chicago, Illinois (4)
Open (39,995)
Owned by railroad (12,507)
Plate girder (7,991)
Railroad (15,614)
Span length 100-125 feet (4,409)
Through girder (3,844)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,287)
Union Pacific Railroad (2,377)

Update Log 

  • July 16, 2014: New Street View added by Ralph Demars
  • February 3, 2012: Updated by Daniel Hopkins: Added category "Railroad"
  • February 3, 2012: Added by Steve Conro

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Comments 

EJ&E Sheridan Road/UPRR Bridge
Posted October 10, 2012, by Ricardo X (dalehaworth [at] me [dot] com)

The right-hand lane in this view was at one time the CNS&M (North Shore) Shore Line to Waukegan.