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Harlem Avenue Cal-Sag Bridge

Cook County, Illinois

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Photo taken by Steve Conro in September 2012

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BH Photo #240229

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Overview
Through truss bridge over Cal Sag Channel on Harlem Avenue (IL 43) in Worth/Palos Heights
Location
Worth/Palos Heights, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1964
Design
Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 297.8 ft.
Total length: 424.7 ft.
Deck width: 51.5 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.67833, -87.79694   (decimal degrees)
41°40'42" N, 87°47'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/433667/4614369 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Palos Park
Average daily traffic (as of 2017)
36,800
Inventory numbers
IL 016-0323 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15130 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of May 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 23 (out of 100)
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Categories 

Built 1964 (153)
Built during 1960s (2,036)
Calumet-Sag Channel (22)
Cook County, Illinois (461)
Have street view (27,066)
Illinois (4,686)
Navigable waterway (2,154)
Open (39,976)
Owned by state (16,044)
 Polygonal Warren through truss (433)
Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals (109)
Polygonal Warren truss (1,054)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,196)
Through truss (15,178)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,256)
Truss (32,958)
Warren truss (6,580)
Worth/Palos Heights, Illinois (1)

Update Log 

  • October 8, 2013: New Street View added by J.P.
  • September 26, 2012: Updated by Steve Conro: Corrected town, added photo's

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