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General View Of Bridge, Looking West

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Bridge With Drawspan In Raised Position

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View With Ship Entering Lake Michigan Through Drawbridge

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General View Of Bridge, Looking West, Bridge Closed

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Bridge Raised, Ship Passing Through

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Map 

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Facts 

Overview
Bascule bridge over Main Branch Chicago River on Lakeshore Drive in Chicago
Location
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1937
Builders
- American Bridge Co. of New York
- Hugh E. Young
- Ketler & Elliot Co.
- Strauss Engineering Co.
Design
Bascule Pratt deck truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 264.0 ft.
Total length: 355.8 ft.
Deck width: 100.0 ft.
Recognition
Eligible for the National Register of Historic Places
Also called
Outer Drive Bridge
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.88889, -87.61389   (decimal degrees)
41°53'20" N, 87°36'50" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/449070/4637621 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Chicago Loop OE E
Inventory numbers
IL 016-6030 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15144 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2006)
Deck condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Good (7 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 76.0 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
124,409

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (67)
Bascule (445)
Built 1937 (351)
Built during 1930s (6,038)
Chicago, Illinois (78)
Cook County, Illinois (82)
Deck truss (550)
Double decker (18)
Functionally obsolete (5,757)
HAER documented (350)
Hugh E. Young (1)
Illinois (938)
Ketler & Elliot Co. (7)
Movable (858)
NR-eligible (2,605)
Navigable waterway (1,260)
Open (22,113)
Pratt truss (1,600)
Span length 250-500 feet (593)
Strauss Engineering Co. (2)
Total length 250-500 feet (2,171)
Truss (16,177)

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Lakeshore Drive Bridge
Posted April 17, 2008, by James Adorno (adorno423 [at] aol [dot] com)

This was taken April 2008 from the giant ferris wheel on Mavy Pier

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Lakeshore Drive Bridge
Posted September 8, 2007, by Tom Staley (thomass [at] nc [dot] rr [dot] com)

Photo taken Sept. 7, 2007. This bridge was having some work done to it.

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