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Key Facts |
Bridge Name | Type | Road | Location | City | Crossing |
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106th Street Bridge |
Bascule (Truss) |
106th Street |
Cook County, IL |
Chicago |
Calumet River |
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Technical Facts |
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Construction Date |
Rehabilitation Date |
Structure Length | Roadway Width | Approach Spans | Navigational Vertical Clearance |
| 1930 | 1998 | 349 Feet | 38 Feet | 4 Steel Stringers | 15.7 Feet |
This bascule bridge has very large and impressive trusses that makes crossing this bridge quite exciting. The bridge is tall like downtown Chicago's Clark Street Bridge, but does not have the smooth curve at the top of the tallest part of the trusses. The two bridge tender towers on the 106th Street Bridge are impressive brick structures that fit the design of the bridge well. Typical of the Chicago bascule bridges there is lattice present on the structural steel of the bridge but only isolated areas, including a couple members and on the top of the trusses.
