Rating:
2 votes

CTA Green Line/IC Overpass

Cook County, Illinois

Photos 

Screencap from the 1976 blaxploitation film "The Monkey Hu$tle"

Micro-review of the Arthur Marks film "The Monkey Hu$tle" (This triggers the Fair Use clause.):

The movie is a 5/10. The plot is just as nonsensical as the average low-budget children's cartoon, but the characters don't entirely suck. The soundtrack gets a 10/10, purely on some of the basslines.

© Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Arthur Marks; Used under Fair Use.

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BH Photo #349060

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pennsylvania through truss bridge over Illinois Central Railroad on Chicago Transit Authority Green Line
Location
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Removed
History
Built 1892; Closed 1982; Removed 1984
Railroads
- Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
- Rapid Transit
Design
Pennsylvania through truss
Dimensions
Total length: 229.0 ft.
Also called
CTA Green Line - 63rd Street Bridge
63rd Street 'L' Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.78057, -87.59064   (decimal degrees)
41°46'50" N, 87°35'26" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/450916/4625582 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Jackson Park
Inventory number
BH 67791 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (7,623)
Built 1892 (228)
Built during 1890s (2,996)
Chicago Transit Authority (35)
Chicago, Illinois (334)
Cook County, Illinois (461)
Grade Separated Rail Crossing (387)
Illinois (4,686)
Illinois Central Railroad (588)
Lost (24,948)
 Lost 1984 (113)
Lost during 1980s (1,394)
Pennsylvania truss (490)
Pin-connected (3,920)
Railroad (15,600)
Rapid Transit (112)
Through truss (15,163)
Total length 175-250 feet (4,285)
Truss (32,941)

Update Log 

  • September 23, 2017: New photo from Dave King
  • February 17, 2016: New photo from Luke
  • May 25, 2015: Added by Luke

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