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Halsted Street Overpass

Cook County, Illinois

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad on Halsted Street
Location
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Replaced 1971
Railroads
- Chicago Surface Lines (CSL)
- Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)
- Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (MILW)
- Streetcar
Design
Pratt through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.88804, -87.64752   (decimal degrees)
41°53'17" N, 87°38'51" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/446280/4637548 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Chicago Loop
Inventory number
BH 67804 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Chicago Surface Lines (19)
Chicago Transit Authority (35)
Chicago, Illinois (330)
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad (1,030)
Cook County, Illinois (457)
Double-barreled (80)
Grade Separated Rail Crossing (380)
Illinois (4,649)
Laced endposts (159)
Lost (24,769)
Lost 1971 (79)
 Lost during 1970s (776)
Owned by city (5,404)
Pratt through truss (5,398)
Pratt truss (9,307)
Rail-and-Road (377)
Railroad (15,438)
Replaced by new bridge (16,602)
Streetcar (278)
Through truss (15,087)
Truss (32,814)

Update Log 

  • May 26, 2015: Updated by Luke: Added photograph.

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