Photos
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Long View Looking East From Scissors Bridge Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Oblique View, Southwest To Northeast Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Closer Oblique View, Southwest To Northeast Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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West Side, Southwest To Northeast Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Long View, Looking North Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Inside South Portal, Looking East With Chicago Skyline To Right Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Looking West Through South Portal Across Four Lanes Of Traffic Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Oblique View, North Portal, Looking Northeast Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail, Concrete Pier, South End, West Side Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail, South Portal, From Southwest Pedestrian Access Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail Of Railing, Southwest Corner Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Detail, Builder's Plate Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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
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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