CTA Brown Line - North Branch Chicago River Bridge

Map 

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 

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

Sources 

• Luke
• Chicago L - Brown Line: Ravenswood Branch - Image + Info
• Roger Deschner - rogerdeschner [at] gmail [dot] com

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