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The Chicago Sun-Times, the last railroad customer to the east of the bridge, moved their printing plant out of downtown Chicago in 2000, and the bridge has been unused since. It was designated a Chicago Landmark in 2007. The bridge is lowered once a year and inspected by crew driving a Hi-Rail truck, and is still in "active" status. [2] [3]
Chicago River: Locale: Chicago: Official name: Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge #458 Canal Street Railroad Bridge: Other name(s) 21st Street Bridge: Owner: Amtrak [1] Heritage status: Chicago Landmark: Characteristics; Design: vertical-lift bridge: Longest span: 272.8 feet (83.1 m) [2] Rail characteristics; No. of tracks: 2: History; Designer ...
The current structure replaces an earlier swing bridge on the same site, built for the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway. When the United States Army Corps of Engineers began calling for its replacement in 1909, both single- and double-leaf bascule bridge options were considered, as well as vertical-lift options. Construction began on ...
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, Bridge No. Z-2, crossing the North Branch Canal of the Chicago River in Chicago Illinois Central Stone Arch Railroad Bridges , crossing three streets in Dixon Kinnikinnick Creek Railway Bridge , crossing South Kinnikinnick Creek near Roscoe
The tunnel breach eventually led to the Chicago flood, which flooded the Chicago Loop with an estimated 250 million US gallons (1,000,000 m 3) of water. [3] In August 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus passing over the bridge dumped 800 pounds of human waste through the open metal grate bridge deck into the Chicago River. The waste landed on ...
The Gila Bend Steam Locomotive Water Stop was built in 1900 and is located in Gila Bend, Arizona Remnants of Turkish railway station in Nitzana, Israel. Left: Water stop. Right: Wall of the Stationmaster's office. A water stop or water station on a railroad is a place where steam trains stop to replenish water. The stopping of the train itself ...
The Chicago flood occurred on April 13, 1992, when repair work on a bridge spanning the Chicago River damaged the wall of an abandoned and disused utility tunnel beneath the river. The resulting breach flooded basements, facilities and the underground Chicago Pedway throughout the Chicago Loop with an estimated 250 million US gallons (1,000,000 ...
The St. Charles Air Line Bridge is a Strauss Trunnion bascule bridge which spans the Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois. Built as part of the St. Charles Air Line Railroad by the American Bridge Company in 1919, the bridge originally had a span of 260 feet (79 m). This bridge held the world record for longest bascule-type span until 1930, when ...