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Ohio Street Bridge

Cook County, Illinois
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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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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)
USGS topographic map
Chicago Loop
Inventory numbers
IL 016-0202 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15159 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2010)
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 2006)
39,600

Categories 

Bascule (560)
Built 1961 (139)
Built during 1960s (1,230)
Chicago River Movable Bridges (42)
Chicago, Illinois (99)
Cook County, Illinois (168)
Illinois (2,501)
 Movable (1,360)
Navigable waterway (1,453)
Open (28,454)
Owned by state (9,854)
Skewed (4,083)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,489)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,382)

Update Log 

  • May 17, 2010: New photos from J.R. Manning
  • May 10, 2010: New photo from J.R. Manning

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