Ohio Street Bridge

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North Face

The Ohio Street Bridge, like the Congress Parkway Bridge on the South Branch of the Chicago River, carries expressway traffic to and from downtown Chicago.

The Ohio Street Bridge(s) is(are) also like the Congress Parkway span in that the bridge is actually two, side-by-side, double-leaf bascule bridges.

Ohio Street acts as a feeder to and from the Kennedy Expressway, which carries
I-90 and I-94 through Chicago.

Photo taken by J.R. Manning in May 2010

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BH Photo #164759

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Street View

Facts

Overview: Bascule bridge over North Branch Chicago River on Ohio Street in Chicago
Location: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built 1961
Design: Bascule
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 219.1 ft.
Total length: 367.0 ft.
Deck width: 76.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.89250, -87.64306 (decimal degrees)
41°53'33" N, 87°38'35" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/446653/4638040 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Chicago Loop
Inventory numbers: IL 016-0202 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15159 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2012): 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: 62.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010): 39,600

Update Log

January 22, 2016: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
October 8, 2013: New Street View added by J.P.
May 17, 2010: New photos from J.R. Manning
May 10, 2010: New photo from J.R. Manning

Sources

J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
Douglas Butler
J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com