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NS - Calumet River Bridge

Cook County, Illinois

Photos 

Photo taken by Steve Conro in September 2012

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BH Photo #240033

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Street View 

Facts 

Overview
Warren through truss with all verticals bridge over Calumet River on Norfolk Southern Railroad (formerly PFW&C RR)
Location
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1912-1913; originally consisted of two identical bridges side-by-side but one was demolished in 1968
Builders
- Kelly Atkinson Construction
- Waddell & Harrington of Kansas City, Missouri
Railroads
- Conrail (CR)
- Norfolk Southern Railway (NS)
- Penn Central Railroad (PC)
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
- Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway (PFtWC)
Design
Warren through truss with all verticals
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 210.0 ft.
Also called
PC - Calumet River Bridge
PRR - Calumet River Bridge
Conrail - Calumet River Bridge
PFW&C - Calumet River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.71934, -87.54301   (decimal degrees)
41°43'10" N, 87°32'35" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/454831/4618758 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Lake Calumet
Inventory number
BH 50920 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1913 (925)
Built during 1910s (10,082)
Calumet River (20)
Chicago, Illinois (332)
Conrail (1,753)
Cook County, Illinois (491)
Have street view (29,925)
Illinois (4,954)
Kelly Atkinson Construction (1)
Movable (3,157)
Norfolk Southern Railway (2,158)
Open (41,215)
Owned by railroad (13,750)
 Penn Central Railroad (1,575)
Pennsylvania Railroad (1,085)
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway (7)
Skewed (5,074)
Span length 175-250 feet (2,097)
Through truss (17,911)
Truss (36,838)
Vertical lift (431)
Waddell & Harrington (48)
Waddell Vertical Lift (28)
Warren through truss (1,726)
Warren through truss with all verticals (459)
Warren truss (7,095)

Update Log 

  • December 20, 2020: New photos from Geoff Hubbs
  • November 5, 2019: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
  • September 18, 2016: New photo from Dave King
  • September 7, 2013: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • August 27, 2013: New photos from Douglas Butler
  • September 25, 2012: New photos from Steve Conro
  • January 12, 2012: Added by Frank Hicks

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