Photo 

Driving south

Photo taken July 2004 by David Backlin

Map 

Vicinity Map

Vicinity map

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Facts 

Overview
Through truss bridge over Calumet Sag Channel on Cicero Avenue (IL 50) in Chicago
Location
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Open to four-lane traffic
History
Built 1938; rehabilitated 1963
Design
Warren through truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 269.9 ft.
Total length: 377.8 ft.
Deck width: 43.6 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 17.2 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.65582, -87.73834   (decimal degrees)
41°39'21" N, 87°44'18" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/438523/4611826 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Blue Island
Inventory numbers
IL 016-0421 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15111 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 11/2007)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Poor (4 out of 9)
Appraisal: Structurally deficient
Sufficiency rating: 39.7 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2007)
42,400

Update Log 

  • April 7, 2005: Posted photo by David Backlin

Sources 

  • David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net

Comments 

Cicero Avenue Cal-Sag Bridge
Posted February 27, 2007, by Kathy Wood (lacasita [at] pacbell [dot] net)

ooking for inofrmation on Edward Durkin Found murdured on Sag Bridge may 13, 1894