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CTA Brown Line - North Branch Chicago River Bridge

Cook County, Illinois

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Steel stringer bridge over North Branch Chicago River on Chicago Transit Authority Brown Line
Location
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built in the 1920s as a "shoo-fly", Replaced 1981
Railroads
- Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)
- Rapid Transit
Design
Steel stringer
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.96624, -87.69850   (decimal degrees)
41°57'58" N, 87°41'55" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/442121/4646263 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Chicago Loop
Inventory number
BH 68007 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Beam (15,069)
Built 1920 (992)
Built during 1920s (9,730)
Chicago River (41)
Chicago Transit Authority (34)
Chicago, Illinois (318)
Cook County, Illinois (442)
Illinois (4,546)
Lost (23,617)
 Lost 1981 (87)
Lost during 1980s (1,309)
Owned by railroad (11,932)
Railroad (15,073)
Rapid Transit (111)
Replaced by new bridge (15,769)
Steel stringer (5,912)
Timber stringer (3,880)

Update Log 

  • February 18, 2018: Updated by Roger Deschner: Bridge crossed North Branch, not South Branch, of the Chicago River
  • June 13, 2015: Added by Luke

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