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Old Railroad Bridge
Posted by:
PHILC
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Date: March 14, 2008 10:46PM
Therre is a disconnected railroad bridge over the railroad tracks jst west of Paulina at about 400 North.
Re: Old Railroad Bridge
Posted by:
paw
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Date: March 14, 2008 10:58PM
Cool, just sort of sits there stuck.
Re: Old Railroad Bridge
Posted by:
Jacob
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Date: March 15, 2008 02:52AM
Its the former bridge for the Logan Square branch of the Met "L". Abandoned completely in the 60s.
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Re: Old Railroad Bridge
Posted by:
paw
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Date: March 19, 2008 11:47PM
just west of short street Oswego.
Re: Old Railroad Bridge
Posted by:
jclillig
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Date: March 25, 2008 07:55PM
There is a big abutment for that bridge just north of Kinzie kind of hidden in a yard or loading dock area. If I remember correctly its stone and brick and may contain an arch or other design feature.
There might be another abutment a little further north in another yard, before you get to Hubbard.
There might be another abutment a little further north in another yard, before you get to Hubbard.
Re: Old Railroad Bridge
Posted by:
Business7007
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Date: March 11, 2013 01:51AM
When they took down the rest of the Logan Square L from Lake St. up to the new subway the bridge over the Milwaukee Road and CNW lines was left in place both because of the issues of removing it over active railroad tracks AND because both railroads were using it as a stand for their signals. It still serves the purpose of holding the signals
Re: Old Railroad Bridge
Posted by:
West Town
(---.elgin.edu)
Date: March 11, 2013 03:28PM
There is an excellent article in the Feature section on the main page called Remnants of the L By Terance Banich. He goes into great detail about the old elevated lines and has a lot of photos including a few of the bridge.
