Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over North Branch Chicago River on Chicago Avenue in Chicago
- Location
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1914
- Design
- Bascule Pony truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 188.9 ft.
Total length: 290.9 ft.
Deck width: 36.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.89667, -87.64417 (decimal degrees)
41°53'48" N, 87°38'39" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory numbers
- IL 016-6008 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15110 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 11/2005)
- Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 11.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2002)
- 24,800