Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over Main Branch Chicago River on N. Wells Street in Chicago
- Location
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1922
- Design
- Pony truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 268.0 ft.
Total length: 345.0 ft.
Deck width: 38.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 12.4 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.88806, -87.63361 (decimal degrees)
41°53'17" N, 87°38'01" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory numbers
- IL 016-6054 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15176 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 09/2004)
- Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 46.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 1998)
- 9,400
