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18th Street Bridge (1905)

Cook County, Illinois

Photos 

18th Street Bridge (Old)

Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co

Photo taken by Douglas Butler in April 2013

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

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BH Photo #289391

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Warren deck truss bascule bridge over the South Branch on 18th Street
Location
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1905; Replaced 1967
Builder
- Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Design
Warren deck truss
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.85792, -87.63460   (decimal degrees)
41°51'28" N, 87°38'05" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/447326/4634195 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Englewood
Inventory number
BH 61985 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bascule (1,083)
Built 1905 (812)
Built during 1900s (7,474)
Chicago, Illinois (341)
Cook County, Illinois (472)
Deck truss (1,849)
Illinois (4,828)
Lost (26,860)
Lost 1967 (76)
 Lost during 1960s (858)
Movable (3,076)
Navigable waterway (2,185)
Owned by city (5,841)
Replaced by new bridge (18,231)
Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. (123)
Truss (34,246)
Warren deck truss (627)
Warren truss (6,790)

Update Log 

  • August 8, 2021: New photo from Douglas Butler
  • November 22, 2015: Updated by Luke: Removed streetview as that's of the current 1967-built bridge
  • November 22, 2015: New Street View added by Royce and Bobette Haley
  • July 26, 2014: Added by Douglas Butler

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • Douglas Butler
  • Luke
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
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18th Street Bridge (1905)
Posted August 6, 2021, by Dan (wendtd [at] mwrd [dot] org)

A view looking west at construction of the 18th Street bridge in Chicago on January 26, 1905.