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12th Street Swing Bridge

Cook County, Illinois

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© Chicago Department of Transportation. Provided by Forgotten Chicago/Patrick McBriarty

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over South Branch Chicago River on 12th Street
Location
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1886; Replaced 1928
Builder
- Chicago Forge & Bolt Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Design
Pratt through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 220.0 ft.
Deck width: 59.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.86733, -87.63475   (decimal degrees)
41°52'02" N, 87°38'05" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/447322/4635241 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Englewood
Inventory number
BH 69105 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (6,567)
Built 1886 (178)
Built during 1880s (1,736)
Chicago Forge & Bolt Co. (1)
Chicago River (41)
Chicago, Illinois (304)
Cook County, Illinois (428)
Illinois (4,380)
Lost (20,526)
Lost 1928 (31)
 Lost during 1920s (346)
Movable (2,792)
Owned by city (4,773)
Pratt through truss (4,763)
Pratt truss (8,302)
Replaced by new bridge (13,445)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,854)
Swing (1,333)
Through truss (13,492)
Truss (30,388)

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