Calumet Avenue Bridge

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Grand Calumet River US 41 Bridge

Better known as the Calumet Avenue Iron lift bridge

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013

BH Photo #268526

Overview: Lost bascule bridge over Grand Calumet River on Calumet Avenue (US 41) in Hammond
Location: Hammond, Lake County, Indiana
Status: Replaced by a new bridge
History: Built 1915, rehabilitated in 1975; replaced 2002
Builders: - Phee Construction Co. of Chicago, Illinois
- Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Design: Scherzer Rolling Lift Bascule
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 118.4 ft.
Total length: 264.7 ft.
Deck width: 38.7 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.2 ft.
Also called: US 41 Iron Lift bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.62050, -87.50889 (decimal degrees)
41°37'14" N, 87°30'32" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates: 16/457605/4607767 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:: Calumet City
Inventory numbers: INNBI 015700 (Indiana bridge number on the National Bridge Inventory)
BH 16486 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 05/2010): Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Not deficient
Sufficiency rating: 98.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2004): 13,702

Grand Calumet River US 41 Bridge

Posted December 15, 2016, by Tom Rainford (trainford308 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This is the bridge looking South West

Grand Calumet River US 41 Bridge

Posted October 17, 2013, by Douglas Butler

This bridge is a Scherzer type years ago I came across this photo the Iron lift bridge and shows this bridge was demolished.

Grand Calumet River US 41 Bridge

Posted November 28, 2009, by Godozo (hunza1 [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This bridge was replaced in the early 2000, not sure the exact date.