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Jackson Boulevard Bridge
Description
Jackson Blvd was the original alignment of Route 66.
Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over South Branch Chicago River on Jackson Blvd. (original Rte 66)in Chicago
- Location
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1916
- Builders
- - Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. of Oak Brook, Illinois
- Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
- Strobel Steel Construction Co. of Chicago, Illinois
- Design
- Bascule Pratt deck truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 202.0 ft.
Total length: 272.6 ft.
Deck width: 37.0 ft.
- Recognition
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Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.87806, -87.63750 (decimal degrees)
41°52'41" N, 87°38'15" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/447102/4636433 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Chicago Loop
- Average daily traffic (as of 2018)
- 10,700
- Inventory numbers
- IL 016-6026 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15135 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of September 2018)
- Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 63.5 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- January 20, 2022: New photo from Geoff Hubbs
- October 3, 2020: New photo from Tyler
- January 19, 2016: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
- December 1, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- September 22, 2013: New Street View added by Michael Miller
- September 30, 2012: Updated by Steve Conro: Added category "US 66"
- May 9, 2012: New photos from Steve Conro
- May 16, 2010: New photos from J.R. Manning
Sources
- HAER IL-55 - Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Cook County, IL
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
- J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
- 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
- Tyler
- Geoff Hubbs