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Title: Unused CN (Soo) Bridge in Melrose Park Site of Teen Drowning
Post by: TBurke on May 15, 2017, 08:20:28 AM

In the background is the bridge in question.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/railsr4me/3681067751/in/photolist-9P57sc-apxE7E-apuZuv-RophUM-apxK5u-6Bhrcn

It was used to connect the Soo and later WC to the CSX Altenheim Subdivision that goes along the Eisenhower Expressway.  The CN section is now out of service.

http://cs.trains.com/trn/f/111/p/168141/1848231.aspx

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-des-plaines-river-juvenile-search-met-20170514-story.html

Title: Re: Unused CN (IC) Bridge in Melrose Park Site of Teen Drowning
Post by: chrism on May 16, 2017, 09:12:23 AM

The family of the lost boy said they want the bridge destroyed. I didn't know it was out of service. I remember this line running down next to Triton college.

Title: Re: Unused CN (Soo) Bridge in Melrose Park Site of Teen Drowning
Post by: Jsu on May 17, 2017, 03:48:25 PM

I go down 1st Ave a lot to see family on the SW side, every time I pass the CSX tracks I always see a dozen or more people hanging around that bridge.  Seems to have become a really popular recreation place.