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B&OCT - South Branch Chicago River Bridge

Cook County, Illinois

Photos 

Photo taken by Douglas Butler

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #263650

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Street Views 

Description 

This Heel Trunnion bascule bridge is a Strauss type thats left in the open position.

Facts 

Overview
Abandoned warren through truss bridge over South Branch Chicago River on Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad
Location
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Derelict/abandoned
History
Built 1930; rail line abandoned in 1991
Builders
- American Bridge Co. of New York
- Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Railroads
- Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad (BOCT)
- Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (BO)
- CSX Railroad (CSX)
Design
Warren through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 186.0 ft.
Also called
BOCT - South Branch Chicago River Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.86088, -87.63477   (decimal degrees)
41°51'39" N, 87°38'05" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/447315/4634524 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Englewood
Inventory number
BH 57637 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Abandoned (3,774)
American Bridge Co. (1,551)
Baltimore & Ohio Chicago Terminal Railroad (8)
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (503)
Bascule (1,080)
Built 1930 (1,777)
Built during 1930s (11,904)
CSX Railroad (1,696)
Chicago River (41)
Chicago River Movable Bridges (47)
Chicago, Illinois (339)
Cook County, Illinois (469)
HAER documented (1,108)
 Have street view (27,643)
Illinois (4,792)
Machinery Counterweight Bridge Tower (40)
Movable (3,048)
Navigable waterway (2,172)
Span length 175-250 feet (2,005)
Strauss Bascule Bridge Co. (178)
Strauss Heel Trunnion Bascule (54)
Through truss (15,615)
Truss (33,712)
Warren through truss (1,642)
Warren truss (6,733)

Update Log 

  • June 30, 2021: New photos from Douglas Butler
  • August 15, 2017: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • June 4, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • January 26, 2016: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • January 19, 2016: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • December 7, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • November 30, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • November 22, 2015: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • October 12, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • August 6, 2015: Updated by Luke: Merged HAER imagery
  • August 5, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • May 28, 2015: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • August 26, 2013: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • August 16, 2013: Updated by Luke Harden: Think I found the bridges
  • August 16, 2013: Added by Douglas Butler

Sources 

  • Douglas Butler
  • Luke
  • HAER IL-67 - Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Chicago Terminal Railroad, South Branch of Chicago River Bridge, Spanning South Branch of Chicago River, Chicago, Cook County, IL
  • Historicbridges.org - by Nathan Holth
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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Comments 

B&OCT- South Branch Chicago River Bridge
Posted August 5, 2015, by Anonymous

Image 12 is a copyrighted work

https://www.flickr.com/photos/zol87/8565121699/

BOCT - South Branch Chicago River Bridge
Posted July 15, 2014, by Jeff Wagg (jeff [at] wagg [dot] com)

Two different bridges, right next to each other.

BOCT South Branch Chicago River Bridge
Posted October 12, 2013, by Steve Conro (sconro [at] yahoo [dot] com)

Aren't these the St Charles Airline bridges?

http://bridgehunter.com/il/cook/st-charles-air-line/