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Columbus Drive Bridge

Cook County, Illinois
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General View Of Bridge, Looking Northeast; The Bridge In The Distance Is The Outer Road Bridge

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

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Street View 

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Facts 

Overview
Bascule bridge over Main Branch Chicago River on Columbus Drive in Chicago
Location
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1982
Design
Bascule
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 269.0 ft.
Total length: 389.0 ft.
Deck width: 89.8 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.88853, -87.62041   (decimal degrees)
41°53'19" N, 87°37'13" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/448529/4637586 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Chicago Loop OE E
Inventory numbers
IL 016-6101 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15114 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 12/2010)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 95.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
25,400

Categories 

Bascule (559)
Beam (6,048)
Built 1982 (31)
Built during 1980s (311)
Chicago River Movable Bridges (42)
Chicago, Illinois (98)
Cook County, Illinois (167)
Have street view (9,894)
Illinois (2,499)
 Modern (605)
Movable (1,355)
Navigable waterway (1,448)
Open (28,313)
Owned by city (3,051)
Span length 250-500 feet (863)
Steel stringer (2,325)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,371)

Update Log 

  • September 30, 2012: New photo from Steve Conro
  • May 17, 2010: New photos from J.R. Manning
  • April 13, 2010: New Street View added by James Baughn

Sources 

  • HAER IL-136 - Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Columbus Avenue, Spanning Chicago River at Columbus Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL
  • J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
  • Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com

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