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Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over North Branch Chicago River on Kinzie Street in Chicago
- Location
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1909; rehabilitated 1999
- Builder
- - Alexander von Babo
- Design
- Bascule Pratt through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 136.1 ft.
Total length: 194.8 ft.
Deck width: 36.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 11.5 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.88917, -87.63944 (decimal degrees)
41°53'21" N, 87°38'22" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/446950/4637668 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Chicago Loop
- Inventory numbers
- IL 016-6028 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15141 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 09/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 73.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
- 8,500
Sources
- HAER IL-134 - Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Kinzie Street, Spanning North Branch Chicago River at Kinzie Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com