Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over South Branch Chicago River on Van Buren Street in Chicago
- Location
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1956
- Design
- Bascule
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 210.2 ft.
Total length: 267.0 ft.
Deck width: 43.9 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.87694, -87.63694 (decimal degrees)
41°52'37" N, 87°38'13" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory numbers
- IL 016-6051 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15172 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 09/2004)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 47.7 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 1997)
- 11,700