Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over South Branch Chicago River on Cermak Road in Chicago
- Location
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1906; rehabilitated 1997
- Design
- Bascule
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 215.8 ft.
Total length: 336.8 ft.
Deck width: 36.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.85278, -87.64000 (decimal degrees)
41°51'10" N, 87°38'24" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory numbers
- IL 016-6007 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15108 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 11/2005)
- Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Appraisal: Not deficient
Sufficiency rating: 76.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2002)
- 14,400