Facts
- Overview
- Bascule bridge over South Branch Chicago River on W. Monroe Street in Chicago
- Location
- Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
- Status
- Open to traffic
- History
- Built 1919
- Builders
- - Fitzsimons & Connell Dredge and Dock Co.
- Ketler & Elliot Co.
- Design
- Bascule Pratt pony truss
- Dimensions
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Length of largest span: 192.8 ft.
Total length: 270.9 ft.
Deck width: 36.0 ft.
- Approximate latitude, longitude
- +41.88056, -87.63778 (decimal degrees)
41°52'50" N, 87°38'16" W (degrees°minutes'seconds") - Approximate UTM coordinates
- 16/447081/4636711 (zone/easting/northing)
- USGS topographic map
- Chicago Loop
- Inventory numbers
- IL 016-6036 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15153 (Bridgehunter.com ID) - Inspection (as of 09/2006)
- Deck condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Very Good (8 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 75.0 (out of 100) - Average daily traffic (as of 2006)
- 15,900
Sources
- HAER IL-53 - Chicago River Bascule Bridge, Monroe Street, Spanning South Branch of Chicago River at Monroe Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL
- James Baughn - webmaster [at] bridgehunter [dot] com