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16th Street Swing Bridge

Will County, Illinois

Photos 

General View Of The Bridge In Operation

Photo taken for the Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #315047

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost swing through truss bridge over Sanitary & Ship Canal on Division Street
Location
Will County, Illinois
Status
Removed but not replaced
History
Built 1905; removed 1993
Builder
- Isham Randolph
Design
Swing Pratt through truss
Also called
Division Street Swing Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.58224, -88.06915   (decimal degrees)
41°34'56" N, 88°04'09" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/410878/4603946 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Joliet
Inventory numbers
HAER IL-16-D
BH 56244 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bobtail Swing Bridge (23)
Built 1905 (799)
Built during 1900s (7,224)
HAER documented (1,106)
Illinois (4,647)
Isham Randolph (5)
Lost (24,730)
Lost 1993 (460)
Lost during 1990s (3,984)
 Movable (2,969)
Navigable waterway (2,152)
Pratt through truss (5,389)
Pratt truss (9,296)
Swing (1,453)
Through truss (15,060)
Truss (32,782)
Will County, Illinois (135)

Update Log 

  • February 4, 2015: HAER photos posted by James Baughn
  • May 14, 2013: Added by Frank Hicks

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Comments 

16th Street Swing Bridge
Posted February 5, 2017, by Dana and Kay Klein

or maybe 9th?

16th Street Swing Bridge
Posted December 15, 2015, by Anonymous

The HAER description given is for the Ninth Street Seven Arch Stone Bridge. The proper description of this bridge is given for the Ninth Street Swing Bridge.