Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad Bridge
Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad Bridge is a bridge in Chicago, Cook, Illinois. Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad Bridge is situated nearby to the suburb Archer Heights, as well as near the village Central Stickney.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Bridge
- Description: Chicago landmark, one of a few surviving swing-span railroad bridges in Chicago
- Also known as: “Cicero Avenue Railroad Bridge” and “Illinois Central Swing Bridge 1”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Hawthorne Race Course and Cicero station.
Hawthorne Race Course
Stadium
Hawthorne Race Course is a racetrack for horse racing in Stickney, Illinois, near Chicago. The oldest continually run family-owned racetrack in North America, in 2009 the Horseplayers Association of North America introduced a rating system for 65 Thoroughbred racetracks in North America. Hawthorne Race Course is situated 3,400 feet northwest of Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad Bridge.
Cicero station
Railway station
Cicero is a station on Metra's BNSF Line, located in Cicero, Illinois. The station is 7 miles away from Union Station, the eastern terminus of the line. Cicero station is situated 1½ miles north of Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad Bridge.
Hawthorne Works
Historic building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Hawthorne Works was a large factory complex of the Western Electric Company in Cicero, Illinois. In addition to industrial plants, several on-site community amenities were provided to workers. Hawthorne Works is situated 2 miles north of Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Archer Heights and Central Stickney.
Archer Heights
Suburb
Photo: Gamtja, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Archer Heights is a community area in Chicago, Illinois, one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago. Archer Avenue runs from south of Chicago's downtown area, through the southwest side of Chicago and beyond into the southwest suburbs, along what was once a Native American trail.
Central Stickney
Village
Photo: MrHarman, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Central Stickney is an unincorporated community in Stickney Township, Cook County, Illinois, a half mile north of Midway International Airport. It consists of the areas around Central Avenue, between I-55 to the north and 51st Street, its southern boundary; east of Central, the northern boundary is roughly drawn between 47th and 48th Streets. Central Stickney is situated 1½ miles southwest of Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad Bridge.
Cicero
Photo: Teemu08, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cicero is a town of 81,000 people in the Chicagoland area, just west of the Chicago city limits. It became famous when gangster Al Capone moved here to escape from the Chicago Police in the early 1920s.
Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad Bridge
- Categories: railway bridge and transportation
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.82105° or 41° 49′ 16″ northLongitude
-87.7386° or 87° 44′ 19″ westOpen location code
86HJR7C6+CHOpenStreetMap ID
way 1074922724OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q115780170
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