General View Of Bridge From West Side Of Desplaines River, Looking East.
Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record
View photos at Library of Congress
BH Photo #117990
George,
I absolutely would post that bridge here. I’ll look through my records and see if I can find more info on it.
Is the side canal bridge in pictures 12 and 13 on Bridgehunter or isn't it worth posting here?
What an interesting bridge! I love Baltimore trusses anyway, but this one is distinctive for being so heavily skewed. I saw it from a common vantage point, across the Des Plaines River just north of the Ruby Street Bridge. A train was crossing it, which intensified the optical illusion that the south portal was larger than the north portal. It isn't. The HAER photos (numbers 1,2,3 here) really show off the interesting geometry of this extreme skew.
John,thanks for responding about the side canal bridge.I didn't know if it is of any importance to this site but it looks like an undiscovered bridge until I mentioned it.