The bridge to "nowhere" has no ties, no rails, carries no trains. It was constructed in 1894 to carry the Logan Square "L", a part of the Metropolitan West Side company over the tracks of the C&NW steam road. To the right, the Logan Square continued south at an extra elevation to cross over the Lake Street line, then descended to normal height and met two other Met lines, the Garfield Park and the Douglas Park at Marshfield JCT. A four track "L" took the Met lines downtown. The "L" line was relocated to a new subway in 1951 and the tracks were torn down, except the bridge. The railroad asked that it remain because of signals located on it. So far it has remained as a "signal bridge" for 58 years. The Logan Square structure south of Lake ST was also kept and known as the connector. The Pink line uses that route today. The Metra train was included just for interest. One activity you can do is counting the cars.
