BNSF - Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal Swing Bridge

Photos 

Looking East

Photo taken by Steve Conro in September 2012

Enlarge

BH Photo #240385

Map 

Facts 

Overview

Pratt through truss bridge over Sanitary and Ship Canal on BNSF (former Illinois Central RR)

Location

Chicago, Cook County, Illinois

Status

Open to traffic

History

Built 1898-1900 to Chicago Sanitary Commission design for Illinois Northern RR

Railroads

- BNSF Railway (BNSF)
- Central Illinois Railroad (CIRY)
- Illinois Central Railroad (IC; ICG (1972-1988))
- Illinois Northern Railroad

Design

Pratt through truss

Dimensions

Total length: 385.0 ft.

Also called

IC - Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal Swing Bridge
Illinois Central Swing Bridge #1 (Chicago Landmarks Name)

Approximate latitude, longitude

+41.82858, -87.71446   (decimal degrees)
41°49'43" N, 87°42'52" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")

Approximate UTM coordinates

16/440671/4630990 (zone/easting/northing)

Quadrangle map:

Englewood

Inventory number

BH 50916 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Update Log 

• December 16, 2017: Updated by Christopher Finigan: Added category "Pin-connected"
• September 29, 2012: New photos from Steve Conro
• August 13, 2012: Updated by Luke Harden: Added categories "Illinois Central Railroad", "Navigable waterway", "Railroad"
• January 12, 2012: Added by Frank Hicks

Sources 

• Frank Hicks
• Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
• Steve Conro - sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com
• Douglas Butler

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