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Chicago, Madison & Northern RR Bridge

Cook County, Illinois
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View Of Swing Bridge From Kedzie Avenue Bridge, Looking East

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

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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 Toldeo, Ohio
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Span length: 479.0 ft.
Total length: 479.0 ft.
Also called
Illinois Central Railroad Swing Bridge
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)
USGS topographic map
Englewood
Inventory number
BH 50836 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,819)
Built 1899 (169)
Built during 1890s (1,556)
Chicago, Madison & Northern Railroad (1)
Cicero, Illinois (7)
Cook County, Illinois (167)
HAER documented (781)
Illinois (2,499)
Illinois Central Railroad (211)
Movable (1,355)
Navigable waterway (1,448)
 Open (28,309)
Owned by railroad (4,039)
Pin-connected (1,519)
Pratt through truss (3,166)
Pratt truss (5,658)
Span length 250-500 feet (863)
Swing (534)
Through truss (9,205)
Toledo Bridge Co. (15)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,371)
Truss (23,567)

Update Log 

  • 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"

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