Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over South Branch Chicago River on Washington Street in Chicago
- Location
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1913
- Design
- Bascule
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 196.8 ft.
Total length: 263.0 ft.
Deck width: 36.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.88306, -87.63861 (decimal degrees)
41°52'59" N, 87°38'19" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Inventory numbers
- IL 016-6053 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15174 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 11/2005)
- 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: 75.8 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2002)
- 3,800