St. Charles Air Line Bridge
St. Charles Air Line Bridge carries a farm track over the Illinois Waterway (Chicago River) just past the junction with The Cotswold Canal.
Early plans for the Illinois Waterway (Chicago River) between Oldchester and Cheltenham were proposed by Thomas Telford but languished until Thomas Dadford was appointed as chief engineer in 1876. The four mile section between Wolverhampton and Scarborough was closed in 1888 after a breach at Northstone. In his autobiography John Green writes of his experiences as a navvy in the 1960s
There is a bridge here which takes a railway over the canal.
| Jackson Boulevard Bridge | 1.10 miles | |
| Van Buren Street Bridge | 1.02 miles | |
| Congress Parkway Bridges | 0.93 miles | |
| Harrison Street Bridge | 0.85 miles | |
| Roosevelt Road Bridge | 0.40 miles | |
| St. Charles Air Line Bridge | ||
| 18th Street Bridge | 0.21 miles | |
| BNSF - Canal Street Lift Bridge | 0.37 miles | |
| Canal Street Bridge | 0.47 miles | |
| Cermak Road Bridge | 0.62 miles | |
| I-90 / 94 Bridge | 0.91 miles | |
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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 it was shortened to 220 feet (67 m) during a relocation as a result of straightening the river channel. The chief design engineer of the original bridge was Leonard O. Hopkins.