Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over North Branch Chicago River on Grand Avenue in Chicago
- Location
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1913; rehabilitated 1974
- Design
- Bascule Pony truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 187.9 ft.
Total length: 269.9 ft.
Deck width: 36.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.89167, -87.64056 (decimal degrees)
41°53'30" N, 87°38'26" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory numbers
- IL 016-6021 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15126 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 10/2004)
- Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 74.2 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2000)
- 9,709