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Indiana Avenue Bridge (Old)

Cook County, Illinois

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Indiana Avenue Bridge

Swing bridge replaced

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013

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BH Photo #284688

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Double-intersection Warren through truss bridge over Little Calumet River on Indiana Avenue
Location
Riverdale, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1914; Replaced 1977
Builder
- Alexander von Babo (Design)
Railroads
- Chicago Surface Lines (CSL)
- Chicago Transit Authority (CTA)
- Streetcar
Design
Double-intersection Warren through truss swing
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.65040, -87.61731   (decimal degrees)
41°39'01" N, 87°37'02" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/448596/4611146 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Lake Calumet
Inventory number
BH 61172 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Alexander von Babo (4)
Built 1914 (808)
Built during 1910s (9,636)
Chicago Surface Lines (19)
Chicago Transit Authority (35)
Cook County, Illinois (457)
Double-intersection Warren through truss (168)
Double-intersection Warren truss (456)
Illinois (4,647)
Lost (24,738)
Lost 1977 (78)
Lost during 1970s (774)
 Movable (2,972)
Navigable waterway (2,152)
Owned by city (5,400)
Rail-and-Road (377)
Railroad (15,414)
Replaced by new bridge (16,581)
Riverdale, Illinois (5)
Streetcar (278)
Swing (1,454)
Through truss (15,065)
Truss (32,788)
Vertical endposts (69)

Update Log 

  • May 26, 2015: Updated by Luke: Edited entry
  • June 2, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

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