Photos
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General View Of Bridge And Bridge Tenders' Houses From The Southeast Looking Northwest Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View From Jackson Boulevard, Looking North Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View Of Bridge And Bridge Tender's House Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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View From Railing Looking North Towards Monroe Avenue Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record |
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Center Mating Joint Note the navigation lights, catwalks, motors and the locking mechanism. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in May 2010 |
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Overview Looking Northeast This is the view of the bridge that commuters see when the exit Union Station's Adams Street exit. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in May 2010 |
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South Face Photo taken by J.R. Manning in May 2010 |
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West Bridge Tender's House (That's a roof-top sign on a taxi.) Photo taken by J.R. Manning in May 2010 |
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East Bridge Tender's House Photo taken by J.R. Manning in May 2010 |
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Government Plaque This plaque is mounted on the face of the west control tower. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in May 2010 |
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North Pedestrian Walkway Just beyond the white building is the fascade of a black building, on the southeast corner of Wacker Drive and Adams Street. That black building is the Willis Tower. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in May 2010 |
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Deck The bridges to The Loop have railings that separate the pedestrian walkways from the roadways. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in May 2010 |
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Center Mating Joint Looking south toward the Jackson Boulevard Bridge. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in May 2010 |
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Railing Detail Photo taken by J.R. Manning in May 2010 |
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Railing and Deck Detail Photo taken by J.R. Manning in May 2010 |
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West Control Tower Note the fascade of Union Station on the far left side of the photo. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in May 2010 |
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North Face The entrance to Union Station is just visible beneath the tree. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in May 2010 |
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North Elevation Photo taken by J.R. Manning in May 2010 |
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Willis Tower The building formerly known as the Sears Tower, now the Willis Tower, as seen from the northeast portal of the Adams Street Bridge. Photo taken by J.R. Manning in May 2010 |
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Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over South Branch Chicago River on Adams Street in Chicago
- Location
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1927; rehabilitated 1996
- Builders
- - Fitzsimons & Connell Dredge and Dock Co.
- Strobel Steel Construction Co.
- Design
- Bascule Pratt deck truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 199.1 ft.
Total length: 249.9 ft.
Deck width: 38.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.87944, -87.63694 (decimal degrees)
41°52'46" N, 87°38'13" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/447150/4636587 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Chicago Loop
- Inventory numbers
- IL 016-6001 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15097 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 09/2007)
- 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: 68.5 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
- 9,300
Sources
- HAER IL-51 - Chicago River Bridge, West Adams Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
- J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net