Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over Calumet River on Ewing Avenue (US 41) in Chicago
- Location
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1914; rehabilitated 1992
- Design
- Bascule
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 228.0 ft.
Total length: 337.8 ft.
Deck width: 36.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.3 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.72806, -87.54139 (decimal degrees)
41°43'41" N, 87°32'29" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory numbers
- IL 016-6037 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15124 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 10/2003)
- Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Not deficient
Sufficiency rating: 87.7 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2005)
- 6,000