Harrison Street Bridge

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South Face

As seen from South Franklin Street, below Congress Parkway. It is said that Illinois only has two seasons, "Winter" and "Construction," and the the state symbol should be the orange barrel. The construction paraphenalia is for the entrance to Lower Wacker Drive, protecting the Congress Parkway Bridge project.

Photo taken by J.R. Manning in May 2010

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Overview: Bascule bridge over South Branch Chicago River on Harrison Street in Chicago
Location: Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Status: Open to traffic
History: Built ca. 1960
Design: Bascule
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 209.9 ft.
Total length: 278.8 ft.
Deck width: 43.9 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.87444, -87.63583 (decimal degrees)
41°52'28" N, 87°38'09" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/447238/4636031 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Englewood
Inventory numbers: IL 016-6025 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15131 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2012): Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 51.5 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010): 16,800

Update Log

January 17, 2016: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
August 30, 2013: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
September 29, 2012: New photos from Steve Conro
May 10, 2010: New photos from J.R. Manning

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Sources

J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
Douglas Butler
Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com