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Summary
Significance: Built by the City of Chicago as a PWA project in 1940, the substructure was constructed by M.J. McDermott & Company and the superstructure was erected by the C.L. Strobel Construction Company of Chicago. This bridge replaced a center-pier swing bridge erected about 1900, and is one of only two vertical-lift highway bridges in the Heritage Corridor.
Survey number: HAER IL-40
Building/structure dates: 1940 Initial Construction
Tags
vehicular bridges
chicago
western
western avenue
sanitary
ship
bridge
ship canal bridge
ship canal
cook county
illinois
cl strobel construction company
historic american engineering record
mj mcdermott and company
photo
ultra high resolution
high resolution
library of congress
Date
1900
Contributors
Historic American Engineering Record, creator
M.J. McDermott & Company
C.L. Strobel Construction Company
Location
chicago
,
41.87811, -87.62980
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html