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Key Facts |
Bridge Name | Type | Road | Location | City | Crossing |
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Kedzie Avenue BNSF Railroad Bridge |
Swing (Truss) |
Railroad (Burlington Northern and Santa Fe) |
Cook County, IL |
Chicago |
Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal |
This is the swing bridge visible southwest of Kedzie Avenue, and is one of three utterly spectacular (and rare) swing bridges remaining on the Sanitary and Ship Canal that I could not figure out how to get closer to and get detail shots of. This is unfortunate, since these are among the oldest and most historic in the history-rich Cook County bridge inventory.
This swing bridge the flattest peak at the center of the span, which makes it look shorter. This bridge was also quite far away from any road, so even my 12x zoom was not enough to get distant detail shots of the connections. I have only a couple photos of this bridge as a result. It was likely built around 1897 as most of the swing bridges on the Sanitary and Ship canal appear to have been built.
