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Southwest Highway Bridge

Cook County, Illinois
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Photo taken by Steve Conro in September 2012

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Overview
Through truss bridge over Cal Sag Channel on Southwest Highway (IL 7) in Palos Heights
Location
Palos Heights, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1931; rehabilitated 1971
Design
Parker through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 225.3 ft.
Total length: 345.0 ft.
Deck width: 43.6 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 15.6 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.68083, -87.81111   (decimal degrees)
41°40'51" N, 87°48'40" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/432490/4614658 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Palos Park
Inventory numbers
IL 016-0464 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15168 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 08/2011)
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: 55.6 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2011)
23,300

Categories 

Built 1931 (573)
Built during 1930s (8,551)
Cook County, Illinois (168)
Have street view (9,897)
Illinois (2,500)
Navigable waterway (1,448)
Open (28,314)
Owned by state (9,809)
 Palos Heights, Illinois (2)
Parker through truss (947)
Parker truss (1,267)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,484)
Through truss (9,210)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,371)
Truss (23,574)

Update Log 

  • October 19, 2012: New Street View added by James Baughn
  • September 26, 2012: Updated by Steve Conro: Corrected town, added photo's

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