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Madison Street Bridge

Cook County, Illinois

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Facts 

Note: The following information comes from the National Bridge Inventory and has not been verified.
Overview
Lost concrete arch bridge over Des Plaines River on Madison Street in Chicago
Location
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Status
No longer exists
History
Built 1948; replaced 2003
Design
Closed-spandrel arch
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 82.0 ft.
Total length: 200.0 ft.
Deck width: 50.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.87917, -87.82722   (decimal degrees)
41°52'45" N, 87°49'38" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/431361/4636691 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
River Forest
Inventory numbers
IL 016-0866 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15149 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Arch (12,649)
Built 1948 (424)
Built during 1940s (4,230)
Chicago, Illinois (331)
Closed-spandrel arch (4,255)
Cook County, Illinois (490)
Deck arch (11,886)
Des Plaines River (27)
 Illinois (4,926)
Lost (28,367)
Lost 2003 (548)
Lost during 2000s (4,403)
Owned by state (16,547)
Span length 75-100 feet (6,650)
Structurally deficient (12,896)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,471)

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