B&OCT - South Branch Chicago River Bridge

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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 

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)

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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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