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Ridgeland Avenue 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 Ridgeland Avenue in Alsip/Palos Hgts
Location
Alsip/Palos Heights, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1967
Design
Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 301.7 ft.
Total length: 433.0 ft.
Deck width: 43.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.4 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.67472, -87.77806   (decimal degrees)
41°40'29" N, 87°46'41" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/435235/4613954 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Palos Park
Inventory numbers
IL 016-3025 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15161 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2010)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 65.3 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
27,100

Categories 

Alsip/Palos Heights, Illinois (1)
Built 1967 (89)
Built during 1960s (1,213)
Cook County, Illinois (167)
Functionally obsolete (7,035)
Illinois (2,498)
Navigable waterway (1,448)
Open (28,296)
Owned by county (16,482)
 Polygonal Warren through truss (301)
Polygonal Warren through truss with all verticals (53)
Polygonal Warren truss (739)
Skewed (4,080)
Span length 250-500 feet (863)
Through truss (9,200)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,367)
Truss (23,559)
Warren truss (3,955)

Update Log 

  • September 26, 2012: Updated by Steve Conro: Corrected town, added photo's

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