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General View Of The Bridge From Adams Street Bridge, Looking South Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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General View Of Bridge, Looking North Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Bridge, Looking North Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View From Deck Of Bridge, Looking East Towards Intersection Of Wacker Street And Jackson Boulevard Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail Of Bridge Tower Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail Of Bridge Tower With Nameplate Showing Various Patents Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over South Branch Chicago River on Jackson Blvd. in Chicago
- Location
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1916
- Builders
- - Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.
- Strauss Bascule Bridge Co.
- Strobel Steel Construction Co.
- Design
- Bascule Pratt deck truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 202.0 ft.
Total length: 272.6 ft.
Deck width: 37.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.87806, -87.63750 (decimal degrees)
41°52'41" N, 87°38'15" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/447102/4636433 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Chicago Loop
- Inventory numbers
- IL 016-6026 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15135 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 09/2006)
- Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 65.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
- 8,900
Sources
- HAER IL-55 - Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Cook County, IL
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com