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Dearborn Street Bridge (Old)

Cook County, Illinois

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Dearborn Street Bridge (Old)

Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013

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BH Photo #289296

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Overview
Lost Pony truss bridge over Main Chicago River on Dearborn Street
Location
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1907; Replaced 1963
Builders
- C.R. Dart (Bridge Engineer)
- Isham Randolph (Chief Engineer)
- Sanitary District of Chicago
- Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Design
Pony truss bascule
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 164.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.88757, -87.63014   (decimal degrees)
41°53'15" N, 87°37'49" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/447721/4637485 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Chicago Loop
Inventory number
BH 61955 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bascule (1,066)
Built 1907 (700)
Built during 1900s (7,249)
C.R. Dart (2)
Chicago, Illinois (334)
Cook County, Illinois (461)
Illinois (4,685)
Isham Randolph (5)
Lost (24,940)
 Movable (2,986)
Owned by city (5,457)
Pony truss (16,236)
Replaced by new bridge (16,741)
Sanitary District of Chicago (4)
Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. (125)
Span length 125-175 feet (4,236)
Truss (32,936)

Update Log 

  • July 25, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

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