106th Street Bridge

Photos 

Aerial View, Looking Sw

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

Map 

Street Views 

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

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 10/2011)

Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 65.4 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 2010)

7,650

Categories 

Update Log 

• September 25, 2012: New photos from Steve Conro
• November 30, 2010: New Street View added by David Backlin

Related Bridges 

• 106th Street Swing Bridge (Successor)

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
• David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
• Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
• Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Douglas Butler

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