Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal on S. California Avenue in Chicago
- Location
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1926
- Design
- Bascule Pony truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 224.0 ft.
Total length: 313.9 ft.
Deck width: 38.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.83500, -87.69444 (decimal degrees)
41°50'06" N, 87°41'40" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/442339/4631689 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Englewood
- Inventory numbers
- IL 016-6005 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15104 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 09/2006)
- Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 76.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
- 21,100