St. Charles Air Line Bridge
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St. Charles Air Line Bridge | |
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St. Charles Air Line Bridge with an upright B&OCT Bascule Bridge just behind
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Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
Carries | 2 tracks of the Canadian National Railway |
Crosses | Chicago River (south branch) |
Locale | Chicago, Illinois |
Official name | St. Charles Air Line Bridge |
Maintained by | Canadian National Railway |
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Design | Strauss Trunnion bascule lift span |
Longest span | Originally 260 feet (79 m), later shortened to 220 feet (67 m) in 1930 |
History | |
Designer | Joseph Strauss |
Opened | 1919 |
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.
Photo Gallery
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St. Charles Air Line Bridge close-up, 2012.jpg
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St. Charles Air Line Bridge and Chicago skyline with water taxi in foreground.jpg
See also
- The adjacent B&OCT Bascule Bridge, with more information about the history of both bridges
- List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Illinois
Further reading
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External links
- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. IL-157, "St. Charles Air Line Bridge"
- Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere
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- Bridges completed in 1919
- Bascule bridges in the United States
- Bridges in Chicago, Illinois
- Historic American Engineering Record in Illinois
- Railroad bridges in Illinois
- United States railway bridge stubs
- Illinois bridge (structure) stubs
- Chicago, Illinois building and structure stubs