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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