IL 016-0691 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 51768 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2009)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious(3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory(6 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Serious(3 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 26.8 (out of 100) View more at BridgeReports.com
Posted March 25, 2012, by Clark Vance (cvance [at] dogmail [dot] com)
The plaque in photo 6 mentions the president of the county commissioners as Anton J. Cermak. He later built the Democratic Party machine and was elected mayor of Chicago in 1931. He was later shot and killed in 1933 while talking with FDR in Miami. I hope they save the plaques for a museum.
The plaque in photo 6 mentions the president of the county commissioners as Anton J. Cermak. He later built the Democratic Party machine and was elected mayor of Chicago in 1931. He was later shot and killed in 1933 while talking with FDR in Miami. I hope they save the plaques for a museum.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-chicagodays-...