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Clark Street Bridge

Cook County, Illinois

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Photo taken by James McCray in August 2007

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Overview
Bascule bridge over Main Branch Chicago River on N. Clark Street in Chicago
Location
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1929; rehabilitated 1985
Builders
- American Bridge Co. of New York
- Ketler-Elliot Erection Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Design
Bascule Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 245.3 ft.
Total length: 346.0 ft.
Deck width: 38.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.88778, -87.63083   (decimal degrees)
41°53'16" N, 87°37'51" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/447664/4637508 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Chicago Loop
Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
9,200
Inventory numbers
IL 016-6010 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15112 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of October 2016)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 48 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (1,250)
Bascule (1,027)
Built 1929 (909)
Built during 1920s (9,013)
Chicago River (41)
Chicago River Movable Bridges (47)
Chicago, Illinois (258)
Cook County, Illinois (372)
Functionally obsolete (7,810)
Have street view (23,567)
Illinois (3,910)
 Ketler-Elliot Erection Co. (12)
Movable (2,738)
Navigable waterway (2,065)
Open (36,970)
Owned by city (4,664)
Pony truss (15,164)
Pratt truss (8,166)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,834)
Total length 250-500 feet (4,706)
Truss (29,821)

Update Log 

  • May 6, 2017: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • November 30, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • November 25, 2015: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • January 3, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • September 22, 2013: New Street View added by Michael Miller
  • September 30, 2012: New photos from Steve Conro
  • May 15, 2010: New photos from J.R. Manning
  • February 4, 2008: New photos from James McCray

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Sources 

  • James McCray - jamesinslocomb [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • HAER IL-64 - Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Clarke Street, Spanning Chicago River at Clarke Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
  • J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
  • Wikipedia
  • Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Douglas Butler
  • Michael Miller - michael_a_miller [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Clark Street Bridge
Posted September 8, 2007, by Tom Staley (thomass [at] nc [dot] rr [dot] com)

Photo taken Sept. 7, 2007