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Long View Looking East From Scissors Bridge

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Oblique View, Southwest To Northeast

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Closer Oblique View, Southwest To Northeast

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West Side, Southwest To Northeast

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Long View, Looking North

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Inside South Portal, Looking East With Chicago Skyline To Right

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Looking West Through South Portal Across Four Lanes Of Traffic

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Oblique View, North Portal, Looking Northeast

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Detail, Concrete Pier, South End, West Side

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Detail, South Portal, From Southwest Pedestrian Access

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Detail Of Railing, Southwest Corner

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Detail, Builder's Plate

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Facts 

Overview
Vertical lift bridge over the Sanitary & Ship Canal on Western Avenue in Chicago
Location
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1940; rehabilitated 1942
Builders
- C.L. Strobel Construction Co.
- M.J. McDermott & Co.
Design
Vertical lift
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 108.9 ft.
Total length: 294.8 ft.
Deck width: 107.2 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.83861, -87.68472   (decimal degrees)
41°50'19" N, 87°41'05" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/443149/4632084 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Englewood
Inventory numbers
IL 016-6056 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15178 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2007)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 78.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
31,800

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Built 1940 (469)
Built during 1940s (1,894)
C.L. Strobel Construction Co. (1)
Chicago, Illinois (78)
Cook County, Illinois (82)
Deck girder (150)
Girder (280)
HAER documented (350)
Illinois (938)
M.J. McDermott & Co. (1)
Movable (858)
Navigable waterway (1,260)
Open (22,111)
Owned by city (1,996)
Plate girder (159)
Skewed (3,682)
Span length 100-125 feet (2,303)
Total length 250-500 feet (2,171)
Vertical lift (181)

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