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CN - Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge

Cook County, Illinois

Photos 

View Of Swing Bridge From Kedzie Avenue Bridge, Looking East

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #222872

Map 

Street View 

Description 

This bridge crossing the Sanitary and Ship Canal was originally built for the Chicago, Madison & Northern Railroad Bridge. When it was completed in 1900 it contained the longest swing span of the several swing bridges erected across the canal.

-- Historic American Engineering Record

Facts 

Overview
Pratt through truss bridge over Sanitary & Ship Canal on CNRR (original Chicago, Madison & Northern Railroad)
Location
Cicero, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1899
Builder
- Toledo Bridge Co. of Toledo, Ohio [also known as Smith Bridge Co.]
Railroads
- Canadian National Railway (CN)
- Chicago & Illinois Western Railway (C&IW)
- Chicago, Madison & Northern Railroad (CM&N)
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Span length: 479.0 ft.
Total length: 479.0 ft.
Also called
CM&N - Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge
IC - Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge
Illinois Central Swing Bridge #2 (Chicago Landmarks Name)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.83225, -87.70223   (decimal degrees)
41°49'56" N, 87°42'08" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/441690/4631389 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Englewood
Inventory number
BH 50836 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (8,709)
Built 1899 (433)
Built during 1890s (3,231)
Canadian National Railway (573)
Chicago & Illinois Western Railway (2)
Chicago Landmark (14)
Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal (4)
Chicago, Madison & Northern Railroad (3)
Cicero, Illinois (8)
Cook County, Illinois (491)
HAER documented (1,124)
Have street view (29,293)
Illinois (4,947)
Illinois Central Railroad (629)
Movable (3,137)
 Navigable waterway (2,212)
Open (41,014)
Owned by railroad (13,593)
Pin-connected (4,908)
Pratt through truss (6,139)
Pratt truss (10,420)
Railroad (16,551)
Smith Bridge Co. (115)
Span length 250-500 feet (1,264)
Swing (1,576)
Through truss (17,292)
Toledo Bridge Co. (46)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,558)
Truss (36,060)

Update Log 

  • July 18, 2018: New photos from John Marvig
  • October 8, 2013: New Street View added by J.P.
  • January 12, 2012: Updated by Frank Hicks: Corrected GPS coordinates
  • January 6, 2012: Updated by J.P.: Added categories "Navigable waterway", "HAER documented", "Pin-connected", "Chicago Madison And Northern Railroad", "Illinois Central & Gulf"

Sources 

  • Frank Hicks
  • J.P. - wildcatjon2000 [at] gmail [dot] com
  • HAER IL-113 - Chicago, Madison & Northern Railroad, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship Canal, east of Kedzie Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL
  • Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
  • Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Douglas Butler
  • John Marvig - marvigj27 [at] gmail [dot] com

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