Rating:
50919
{90}%
2 votes
Abandoned NS - NYC Bridge No. 6
Photos
Photo taken by Steve Conro in September 2012
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BH Photo #239871
Description
The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern (LS&MS) Railway bridges over the Calumet River are among four surviving examples of the “span-driven” vertical-lift type in Chicago. Built from patents developed in the early 20th century by the Kansas City-based engineering firm of Waddell and Harrington, this pair of parallel vertical-lift bridges are a dominating visual landmark to the surrounding area and were a popular alternative to the bascule bridge designs available to the railroads at that time.
- Comission on Chicago Landmarks, Historic Chicago Railroad Bridges report
Facts
- Overview
- Abandoned warren through truss with all verticals bridge over Calumet River on former Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Ry (later New York Central RR)
- Location
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
- Status
- Abandoned prior to 1973
- History
- Built 1912-1915; currently out of use, stored in partially raised position
- Builders
- - Dravo Contracting Co. of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Waddell & Harrington of Kansas City, Missouri
- Railroads
- - Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad (LS&MS)
- New York Central Railroad (NYC)
- Design
- Warren through truss with all verticals
- Dimensions
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Total length: 210.0 ft.
- Also called
- PC - Calumet River Bridge
LSMS - Calumet River Bridge
Bridge No. 6
NYC - Calumet River Bridge
Conrail - Calumet River Bridge
Bridge #6
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.71981, -87.54271 (decimal degrees)
41°43'11" N, 87°32'34" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/454857/4618809 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Lake Calumet
- Inventory number
- BH 50919 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- December 6, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- November 5, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- January 19, 2019: New photo from Douglas Butler
- January 18, 2016: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- November 30, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- September 25, 2012: Updated by Steve Conro: Added category "Navigable waterway"
- September 23, 2012: New photos from Steve Conro
- August 13, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added category "Railroad"
- January 12, 2012: Added by Frank Hicks
Doubtful, seeing as the bridge this entry for is in the raised position with no tracks going to the bridge.