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Washington Street Bridge
Photos
East profile, 1987
Gene Smania, 1987
License: Released into public domain
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BH Photo #226045
Description
7 span concrete open spandrel arch bridge, replaced by continuous steel girder structure 1990
Facts
- Overview
- Lost Open-spandrel arch bridge over Kankakee River on US 45 & 52, Washington Street
- Location
- Kankakee, Kankakee County, Illinois
- Status
- Replaced by new bridge
- History
- New spandrel piers and deck, piers and arches coated with gunnite 1955
- Design
- Concrete open-spandrel arch
- Dimensions
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Total length: 601.0 ft.
Deck width: 46.0 ft.
- Also called
- US45 Kankakee River Bridge
US52 Kankakee River Bridge
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.11343, -87.86863 (decimal degrees)
41°06'48" N, 87°52'07" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
- Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/427071/4551712 (zone/easting/northing)
- Quadrangle map:
- Kankakee
- Inventory number
- BH 51458 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Update Log
- November 24, 2017: New photo from Dana and Kay Klein
- February 26, 2012: Added by Gene Smania