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Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over Calumet River on 106th Street in Chicago
- Location
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1928; rehabilitated 1998
- Design
- Bascule Pratt pony truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 249.9 ft.
Total length: 349.0 ft.
Deck width: 38.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.70306, -87.54583 (decimal degrees)
41°42'11" N, 87°32'45" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/454585/4616951 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Lake Calumet
- Inventory numbers
- IL 016-6043 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15090 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 11/2005)
- Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 92.2 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
- 13,000
Sources
- HAER IL-150 - 106th Street Bridge, Spanning Calumet River at East 106th Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com