Facts
- Overview
- Vertical lift bridge over Calumet River on Torrence Avenue in Chicago
- Location
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1938
- Design
- Vertical lift
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 275.8 ft.
Total length: 496.9 ft.
Deck width: 43.9 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 18.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.67000, -87.55917 (decimal degrees)
41°40'12" N, 87°33'33" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory numbers
- IL 016-6050 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15171 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 10/2003)
- Deck condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 45.4 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2002)
- 12,100