Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over Main Branch Chicago River on Lakeshore Drive in Chicago
- Location
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1937
- Design
- Bascule Through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 264.0 ft.
Total length: 355.8 ft.
Deck width: 100.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.88889, -87.61389 (decimal degrees)
41°53'20" N, 87°36'50" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory numbers
- IL 016-6030 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15144 (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: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 72.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2004)
- 111,800
