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Key Facts |
Bridge Name | Type | Road | Location | City | Crossing |
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Ashland Avenue Bridge |
Bascule (Truss) |
Ashland Avenue |
Cook County, IL |
Chicago |
Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal |
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Technical Facts |
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Construction Date |
Structure Length | Roadway Width | Approach Spans | Navigational Vertical Clearance |
| 1938 | 312 Feet | 57 Feet | 4 Steel Stringers | 21 Feet |
This is one of a couple very wide bridges in Chicago that feature three trusses to carry a four-lane deck. This bridge was built in 1938, with the superstructure contractor being the Ketler-Elliot Company, the the substructure contractor being Fitzsimons and Connell Dredge and Dock. This bridge is also associated with depression-related funding, and this is shown by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works label on the plaque. This bridge appears to still operate, since the traffic gates are in place, and the bridge-tender's house has not been removed. If so, this appears to be the first bridge to be operable as you head into Chicago from the Calumet Sag Channel.
