18th Street Bridge

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Photo taken by Steve Conro in September 2012

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Overview

Bascule bridge over South Branch Chicago River on 18th Street in Chicago

Location

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1967

Design

Bascule

Dimensions

Length of largest span: 182.0 ft.
Total length: 279.7 ft.
Deck width: 49.8 ft.

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.85778, -87.63528   (decimal degrees)
41°51'28" N, 87°38'07" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/447270/4634180 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Englewood

Inventory numbers

IL 016-6017 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15093 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Inspection (as of 12/2012)

Deck condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 34.0 (out of 100)

Average daily traffic (as of 2010)

10,900

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Update Log 

• November 22, 2015: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
• May 31, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
• January 6, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
• August 29, 2013: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
• September 29, 2012: New photos from Steve Conro

Related Bridges 

• 18th Street Bridge (Old) (Successor)

Sources 

• Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
• Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Douglas Butler
• 18th Street Bridge - Bridge raising for boats.
• Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
• Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com

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