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PRR - South Branch Chicago River Swing Bridge

Cook County, Illinois

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Photo taken by Industrial History

License: Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivs (CC BY-ND)

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BH Photo #494738

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Pratt through truss bridge over Chicago River South Branch on Pittsburgh Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad
Location
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
Railroads
- Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)
- Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway (PFtWC)
Design
Pratt through truss swing
Also called
PFtWC - South Branch Chicago River Swing Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.85564, -87.63689   (decimal degrees)
41°51'20" N, 87°38'13" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/447134/4633944 (zone/easting/northing)
Inventory number
BH 92603 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Chicago, Illinois (342)
Cook County, Illinois (502)
Illinois (5,072)
Lost (31,800)
Movable (3,189)
Navigable waterway (2,242)
Owned by railroad (14,125)
Pennsylvania Railroad (1,123)
Pin-connected (5,424)
 Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago Railway (7)
Pratt through truss (6,412)
Pratt truss (10,842)
Railroad (16,993)
Replaced by new bridge (21,689)
Swing (1,619)
Through truss (19,028)
Truss (38,311)

Update Log 

  • April 6, 2021: New photos from Douglas Butler
  • April 6, 2021: Updated by Luke: Fixed double "IL, Illinois" and corrected railroad to pre-existing category;
  • April 5, 2021: New photo from Douglas Butler

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Douglas Butler
  • Luke

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