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Pages in category "Bridges in Chicago" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Adams Street Bridge; B.
The one-lane bridge carries Robert Parker Coffin Road over Buffalo Creek in Long Grove, a village located 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Chicago, Illinois. [2]: 4 It connects the Long Grove Community Church to the southwest with downtown Long Grove, formed at the road's intersection with Old McHenry Road, to the northeast.
The Canal Street railroad bridge (or Pennsylvania Railroad bridge) is a vertical-lift bridge across the south branch of the Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on December 12, 2007.
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 ...
When it opened in 1902, on Chicago's north side, it was the first such bridge built in the United States. The bridge was a major advance in American movable bridge engineering, and was the prototype for over 50 additional bridges in Chicago alone. [5] The bridge was designated as an ASCE Civil Engineering Landmark in 1981, and a Chicago ...
IL-50: Chicago River Bridge, Cermak Road Extant Rolling lift (Scherzer) bascule: 1906 1988 West Cermak Road: South Branch of Chicago River: Chicago: Cook: IL-51: Chicago River Bridge, West Adams Street Extant Simple trunnion bascule: 1926 1987
Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway, Bridge No. 6 is a steel vertical-lift bridge consisting of two parallel spans, carrying two tracks each, across the Calumet River in Chicago, Illinois, United States. The structure is currently owned by Norfolk Southern Railway but disused and kept in a raised position. [2]
also: Buildings and structures: by country: United States: by state: Illinois: Bridges Bridges in the U.S. state of Illinois . Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bridges in Illinois .