Rating:
15097
{0}%
No votes cast
Adams Street Bridge (1927)
Photos
General View Of Bridge And Bridge Tenders' Houses From The Southeast Looking Northwest
Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record
View photos at Library of Congress
BH Photo #118301
Description
Adams became the westbound alignment of Route 66 when Jackson was made one-way eastbound in 1955, making the Adams and Jackson bridges a one-way couplet for US 66. This bridge also carries very heavy pedestrian traffic between commuter trains at Union Station and offices in the Chicago Loop.
Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over South Branch Chicago River on Adams Street (former westbound US 66) in Chicago
- Location
- Chicago Loop, Cook County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1927; rehabilitated 1996 and 2017
- Builders
- - Fitzsimons & Connell Dredge & Dock Co. of Chicago, Illinois
- Strobel Steel Construction Co. of Chicago, Illinois
- Design
- Bascule Pratt deck truss
- Dimensions
-
Length of largest span: 199.1 ft.
Total length: 249.9 ft.
Deck width: 38.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.87944, -87.63694 (decimal degrees)
41°52'46" N, 87°38'13" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/447150/4636587 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Chicago Loop
- Average daily traffic (as of 2014)
- 11,400
- Inventory numbers
- IL 016-6001 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15097 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
- Inspection report (as of September 2017)
- Overall condition: Fair
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 62 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com
Update Log
- October 3, 2020: New photo from Tyler
- June 19, 2017: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
- March 12, 2017: Updated by Roger Deschner: Rehabilitation complete; bridge reopened to all traffic
- January 26, 2016: Updated by Roger Deschner: Closed for reconstruction for 13 months
- December 12, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- January 3, 2014: New photo from Douglas Butler
- September 22, 2013: New Street View added by Michael Miller
- August 29, 2013: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
- December 7, 2012: New photos from Mike Fahrenbacher
- September 30, 2012: Updated by Steve Conro: Added category "US 66"
- May 12, 2010: New photos from J.R. Manning