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Halsted Street Bridge

Cook County, Illinois

Photos 

Photo taken by Steve Conro in September 2012

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BH Photo #240438

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Overview
Bascule bridge over South Branch Chicago River on Halsted Street in Chicago
Location
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1934; rehabilitated 1988
Railroads
- Chicago Surface Lines (CSL)
- Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)
- Streetcar
Design
Bascule
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 224.0 ft.
Total length: 315.8 ft.
Deck width: 57.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.84944, -87.64651   (decimal degrees)
41°50'58" N, 87°38'47" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/446331/4633262 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Englewood
Inventory numbers
IL 016-6024 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15166 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2012)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 64.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
15,700

Categories 

Bascule (1,024)
Built 1934 (696)
Built during 1930s (10,579)
Chicago River Movable Bridges (47)
Chicago Surface Lines (19)
Chicago Transit Authority (29)
Chicago, Illinois (256)
Cook County, Illinois (368)
Fixed Trunnion Bascule (40)
Have street view (22,086)
 Illinois (3,845)
Movable (2,705)
Navigable waterway (1,998)
Open (36,584)
Owned by city (4,489)
Rail-and-Road (314)
Skewed (4,672)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,809)
Streetcar (214)
Total length 250-500 feet (4,602)

Update Log 

  • December 1, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • May 26, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added categories "Chicago Surface Lines", "Streetcar", "rail-and-road"
  • August 29, 2013: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • September 29, 2012: Updated by Steve Conro: Adjusted GPS, added Photo's

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