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Archer Avenue Lift Bridge

Cook County, Illinois

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Archer Lift Bridge

Chicago Department of Public Works Annual Report, 1906

License: Released into public domain

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BH Photo #260968

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Overview
Lost Through truss bridge over South Fork of South Branch Chicago River on Archer Avenue
Location
McKinley Park, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1906
Builder
- John E. Ericson
Design
Through truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.83861, -87.66408   (decimal degrees)
41°50'19" N, 87°39'51" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/444863/4632071 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Englewood
Inventory number
BH 57370 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bascule (1,105)
Built 1906 (670)
Built during 1900s (7,789)
Cook County, Illinois (493)
Fixed Trunnion Bascule (39)
Have street view (30,036)
Illinois (4,988)
John E. Ericson (4)
Lost (30,504)
 Lost 1963 (105)
Lost during 1960s (1,069)
McKinley Park, Illinois (3)
Movable (3,168)
Navigable waterway (2,234)
Replaced by new bridge (20,756)
Through truss (18,178)
Truss (37,205)

Update Log 

  • January 14, 2019: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
  • April 10, 2014: Updated by Clark Vance: Added categories "John Ericson"
  • August 30, 2013: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • July 26, 2013: Added by Frank Hicks

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