Facts
- Overview
- Pair of bascule bridges over the Sanitary & Ship Canal on Harlem Avenue (IL 43) in Chicago
- Location
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Northbound bridge built 1931; southbound built 1966
- Design
- Bascule
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 224.0 ft.
Total length: 456.2 ft.
Deck width: 56.1 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.80250, -87.80167 (decimal degrees)
41°48'09" N, 87°48'06" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/433402/4628158 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Berwyn
- Inventory numbers
- IL 016-0315 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15129 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 10/2006)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 76.6 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
- 19,700