Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over South Branch Chicago River on Lake Street in Chicago
- Location
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1916
- Design
- Bascule Through truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 245.0 ft.
Total length: 332.9 ft.
Deck width: 38.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.0 ft.
- Recognition
- Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.88583, -87.63778 (decimal degrees)
41°53'09" N, 87°38'16" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/447086/4637297 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Chicago Loop
- Inventory numbers
- IL 016-6029 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15143 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 09/2007)
- Deck condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 64.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2002)
- 14,500