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106th Street Bridge (1928)

Cook County, Illinois

Photos 

Aerial View, Looking Sw

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #118256

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)
Quadrangle map:
Lake Calumet
Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
5,800
Inventory numbers
IL 016-6043 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15090 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2017)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 62.8 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Bascule (1,083)
Built 1928 (1,202)
Built during 1920s (10,113)
Calumet River (20)
Chicago, Illinois (341)
Cook County, Illinois (472)
Fixed Trunnion Bascule (39)
HAER documented (1,109)
Have street view (27,855)
Illinois (4,828)
 Movable (3,076)
Navigable waterway (2,185)
Open (40,335)
Owned by city (5,843)
Pony truss (16,686)
Pratt pony truss (3,816)
Pratt truss (9,842)
Span length 175-250 feet (2,024)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,377)
Truss (34,256)

Update Log 

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

Related Bridges 

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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