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Grand Avenue Bridge

Cook County, Illinois

Photos 

General View Of Bridge, Looking North

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

View photos at Library of Congress

BH Photo #118234

Map 

Street Views 

Facts 

Overview
Bascule bridge over North Branch Chicago River on Grand Avenue in Chicago
Location
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1913; rehabilitated 1974
Design
Bascule Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 187.9 ft.
Total length: 269.9 ft.
Deck width: 36.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.89167, -87.64056   (decimal degrees)
41°53'30" N, 87°38'26" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/446860/4637946 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Chicago Loop
Average daily traffic (as of 2018)
17,100
Inventory numbers
IL 016-6021 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15126 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection report (as of August 2018)
Overall condition: Poor
Superstructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Serious (3 out of 9)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Sufficiency rating: 36.4 (out of 100)
View more at BridgeReports.com

Categories 

Bascule (1,084)
Built 1913 (902)
Built during 1910s (9,968)
Chicago River (42)
Chicago River Movable Bridges (47)
Chicago, Illinois (331)
Cook County, Illinois (490)
Functionally obsolete (5,827)
HAER documented (1,122)
Have street view (28,892)
 Illinois (4,929)
Movable (3,114)
Navigable waterway (2,204)
Open (40,968)
Owned by city (6,079)
Pony truss (17,006)
Pratt truss (10,286)
Span length 175-250 feet (2,058)
Total length 250-500 feet (5,506)
Truss (35,407)

Update Log 

  • February 15, 2018: New Street View added by Dana and Kay Klein
  • January 17, 2016: New photos from Royce and Bobette Haley
  • November 30, 2015: New Street View added by Douglas Butler
  • May 14, 2010: New photos from J.R. Manning
  • April 14, 2010: New Street View added by James Baughn
  • July 25, 2008: New photos from James Baughn

Related Bridges 

Sources 

  • HAER IL-139 - Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Grand Avenue, Spanning North Branch Chicago River at Grand Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL
  • J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net
  • Douglas Butler
  • Royce and Bobette Haley - roycehaley111 [at] yahoo [dot] com
  • Dana and Kay Klein

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