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Clark Street Bridge

Cook County, Illinois

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Overview

Photo taken by James McCray in August 2007

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Oblique View

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Deck View

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Closeup of Drawbridge Center Span

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South West End of Bridge

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South West Drawbridge Gear Tower

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Bridge Plaques

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Distant View Of Bridge Looking Northeast

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General View Looking Northeast

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General View Looking Northwest; City Of Chicago Central Office Building (1913) To The Right

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South End Of Bridge With Bridge Tower And Pedestrian Path, Looking North

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Detail Of Bridge Tower Seen Through Truss

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Facts 

Overview
Bascule bridge over Main Branch Chicago River on N. Clark Street in Chicago
Location
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1929; rehabilitated 1985
Builders
- American Bridge Co. of New York
- Ketler & Elliot Co.
Design
Bascule Pratt pony truss
Dimensions
Length of largest span: 245.3 ft.
Total length: 346.0 ft.
Deck width: 38.0 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude
+41.88778, -87.63083   (decimal degrees)
41°53'16" N, 87°37'51" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
16/447664/4637508 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Chicago Loop
Inventory numbers
IL 016-6010 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15112 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2006)
Deck condition rating: Fair (5 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 2006)
14,800

Categories 

American Bridge Co. (71)
Bascule (446)
Built 1929 (481)
Built during 1920s (4,797)
Chicago, Illinois (78)
Cook County, Illinois (83)
Functionally obsolete (5,792)
Illinois (976)
Ketler & Elliot Co. (7)
 Movable (858)
Navigable waterway (1,260)
Open (22,289)
Owned by city (2,008)
Pony truss (9,533)
Pratt truss (1,663)
Span length 175-250 feet (1,036)
Total length 250-500 feet (2,191)
Truss (16,259)

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

Photo taken Sept. 7, 2007

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