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Harlem Avenue Bascule Bridges

 
South Harlem Avenue, Forest View, IL 60402, United States of America (IL 43)
 
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Harlem Avenue Bascule Bridges is a minor waterways place on the Illinois Waterway (Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal) between Ship - Calumet Junction (Junction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal with the Calumet River) (10.56 miles to the southwest) and Loomis Street Bridge (7.90 miles to the east).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Ship - Calumet Junction is Stevenson Expressway Bridge; 0.60 miles away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Loomis Street Bridge is Santa Fe Sanitary Canal Railroad Bridge; 0.79 miles away.

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a lift bridge here.

 
 
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[List of bascule bridges] A list of bascule bridges by country: Birkenhead Bridge carries traffic across the Port River at Port Adelaide Tom 'Diver' Derrick Bridge - Port Adelaide [List of bridges in the United States] This list of bridges in the United States is organized by state and includes notable bridges (both existing and destroyed) in the United States. There [List of vertical-lift bridges] opened 1952 Guaíba Bridge - road - Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul - opened 1958 Bridges 5 (Glendale Avenue Bridge), 11 (Allanburg Bridge) and 21 (Clarence [Michigan Avenue (Chicago)] editorial in the Chicago Tribune newspaper proposed a new Bascule bridge across the river at Michigan Avenue. This plan was further elaborated upon in Daniel Burnham's [Swing bridge] Bridge (1917), Kansas City, Missouri, crossing the Missouri River Harlem River bridges in New York City, including from south to north: Willis Avenue [Grand Central Station (Chicago)] Grand Central Station. Both the B&OCT bascule bridge, and that of the St. Charles Air Line Bridge, also a bascule bridge immediately adjacent to it, were built [Lake Shore Drive] the time the bridge was built, it was the longest and widest bascule bridge in the world. The Lake Shore Drive (Outer Drive) and Link Bridge Photograph [Multilevel streets in Chicago] downtown streets crossed the river, and all of these crossings were bascule bridges, which required height clearances at the approaches to and over the [Pelham Bay Bridge] Steinemann, Jeremy (August 23, 2011). "A 21st Century NEC: The Top Four Failing Bridges that Must Be Replaced". New York, NY: Northeast Alliance for Rail. Schned [Illinois Route 64] built in 2006, replacing a bascule bridge dating back to 1907. Between Halsted Street and Sheffield Avenue, North Avenue has become a shopping destination
 
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Harlem Avenue Bridges - HistoricBridges.org
Historic Truss Bridge in Lyons Cook County, Illinois. One of these near-twin bridges is the oldest example of its unusual kind among the Chicago bascule ...
Bridgehunter.com | Harlem Avenue S&S Canal Bridge
Pair of bascule bridges over the Sanitary & Ship Canal on Harlem Avenue (IL 43) in Chicago.
NYC DOT - Movable Bridges
DOT oversees 24 movable bridges throughout the five boroughs. ... seven swing bridges, four lift bridges, and elevem bascule (drawbridge) bridges. ... Harlem River ... Eastern Boulevard Bridge, Bronx River · Hutchinson River Parkway Bridge, ...
List of bascule bridges - Wikipedia
A list of bascule bridges by country: Contents. 1 Australia; 2 Belgium; 3 Canada; 4 Croatia ... Boulevard Bridge(Willebroek), Willebroek, 57m span. .... Canal; Northbound Harlem Avenue Bridge over Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal; Southbound ...
NYC DOT - Movable Bridges in the Bronx
Eastern Boulevard Bridge; Hutchinson River Parkway Bridge; Pelham Bridge ... Waterway: Harlem River; Miles from Mouth: 0.9; Channels: 1; Used by: Hwy ...
File:Harlem Avenue Bridge over Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal ...
May 19, 2017 ... The Harlem Avenue Bridge carrying Illinois Route 43 over the ... The bridge is a pair of side-by-side bascule bridges, the one closest to the ...
Awards | Hardesty & Hanover
Gut Bridge, Bristol, ME – Prize Award for Movable Bridges Category (Top Award); Fort ... Willis Avenue Bridge over the Harlem River- Prize Bridge Award with ...
Willis Avenue Bridge
Built in 1901, the Willis Avenue Bridge over the Harlem River carries more than 70,000 vehicles a day. Age, weather and heavy use of this swing bridge led the ...
145th Street Bridge - Wikipedia
The 145th Street Bridge, located in New York City, is a four-lane swing bridge that crosses the Harlem River, connecting 145th Street and Lenox Avenue in ...
Harlem Avenue
When completed Harlem avenue is expected to be the “Main Street” of Cook ... of a modern bascule bridge over the canal at South Harlem avenue on Nov. 22.