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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

Sources

HAER IL-40 - Western Avenue, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship Canal, Chicago, Cook County, IL
James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com

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