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Old Loomis Street Bridge

Cook County, Illinois

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Loomis Street Bridge

Copelin Commercial Photographers, James S. Parker and Chicago Photography (University of Illinois at Chicago)

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BH Photo #260910

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Facts 

Overview
Lost Scherzer rolling lift bridge over South Branch Chicago River on Loomis Street
Location
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Replaced by a new bridge
History
Built 1904 to replace earlier swing bridge; replaced 1970
Builder
- Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. of Chicago, Illinois
Design
Pony truss bascule
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.84587, -87.66077   (decimal degrees)
41°50'45" N, 87°39'39" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/445144/4632874 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Englewood
Inventory number
BH 57355 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Bascule (1,070)
Built 1904 (562)
Built during 1900s (7,267)
Chicago, Illinois (335)
Cook County, Illinois (462)
Illinois (4,692)
Lost (25,090)
Lost 1970 (77)
 Lost during 1970s (795)
Movable (2,997)
Navigable waterway (2,154)
Pony truss (16,266)
Replaced by new bridge (16,872)
Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Co. (123)
Truss (33,031)

Update Log 

  • July 25, 2013: Added by Frank Hicks

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