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Western Avenue Bridge

Cook County, Illinois
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Photos 

Long View Looking East From Scissors Bridge

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

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Map 

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Facts 

Overview
Girder bridge over the Sanitary & Ship Canal on Western Avenue in Chicago
Location
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1940; rehabilitated 1942
Builders
- C.L. Strobel Construction Co.
- M.J. McDermott & Co.
Design
Vertical lift
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 108.9 ft.
Total length: 294.8 ft.
Deck width: 107.2 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.83861, -87.68472   (decimal degrees)
41°50'19" N, 87°41'05" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/443149/4632084 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Englewood
Inventory numbers
IL 016-6056 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15178 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2011)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 83.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2010)
48,800

Categories 

Built 1940 (688)
Built during 1940s (2,796)
C.L. Strobel Construction Co. (1)
Chicago, Illinois (98)
Cook County, Illinois (167)
Deck girder (1,800)
Girder (3,237)
HAER documented (781)
Illinois (2,499)
 M.J. McDermott & Co. (1)
Navigable waterway (1,448)
Open (28,310)
Owned by city (3,050)
Plate girder (2,251)
Skewed (4,080)
Span length 100-125 feet (3,299)
Total length 250-500 feet (3,371)

Update Log 

  • September 29, 2012: New photos from Steve Conro

Sources 

  • HAER IL-40 - Western Avenue, Sanitary & Ship Canal Bridge, Spanning Sanitary & Ship Canal, Chicago, Cook County, IL
  • James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com
  • Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com

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