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Historic Bridges: Overland Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois

Special Bridge Conditions Legend: R - Former location of relocated bridge. ! - At risk for demolition or destruction. X - Confirmed demolished or collapsed. S  - Dismantled and/or in storage. L -  Severe loss of historic integrity due to alteration.


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Total Bridges Found: 9

18th Street Bridge
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18th Street Over South Branch Chicago River in Chicago: Cook County, Illinois, United States
Metal Rivet-Connected Pratt Railing Height Truss, Movable: Single Leaf Bascule (Fixed Trunnion) and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Length: 280 ft. Main Span: 182 ft. Roadway: 48 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1967 By: Overland Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois and City of Chicago
This is one of the few single leaf highway bascule bridges in Chicago, and the only example using the pony/deck truss design.
95th Street Bridge
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95th Street Bridge (US-12) Over Calumet River in Chicago: Cook County, Illinois, United States
Metal Rivet-Connected Pratt Pony Truss, Movable: Double Leaf Bascule (Fixed Trunnion) and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Length: 343 ft. Main Span: 239 ft. Roadway: 62 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1958 By: Overland Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois and City of Chicago
This is the bascule bridge the seen in the Blues Brothers movie.
Austin Avenue Bridge
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Railroad (Soo Line, Metra Milwaukee District West) Over Austin Avenue in Chicago: Cook County, Illinois, United States
Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed and Approach Spans: Concrete Slab, Fixed
Main Spans: 1
Built 1939 By: Overland Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois and Arthur Engh
Funded with federal Depression era relief funds, this bridge is so wide driving under it is much like driving through a tunnel.
Congress Parkway Bridge
Wagner Memorial Bridge, Ida B. Wells Drive Bridge
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Congress Parkway (Ida B. Wells Drive) Over South Branch Chicago River in Chicago: Cook County, Illinois, United States
Metal Rivet-Connected Warren Deck Truss, Movable: Double Leaf Bascule (Fixed Trunnion)
Length: 335 ft. Main Span: 222 ft. Roadway: 83.7 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1956 By: Overland Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois
One of the most unusually designed of the Chicago bridges, because it uses the Warren truss configuration rather than the Pratt.
Dearborn Street Bridge
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Dearborn Street Over Chicago River in Chicago: Cook County, Illinois, United States
Metal Rivet-Connected Pratt Railing Height Truss, Movable: Double Leaf Bascule (Fixed Trunnion) and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Length: 341 ft. Main Span: 235 ft. Roadway: 56 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1963 By: Overland Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois and City of Chicago
Built in 1963, this bridge is among the newest Chicago bridges, but appears to have been built to match other older bridges in Chicago.
Halsted Street North Branch Bridge
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Halsted Street Over North Branch Chicago River in Chicago: Cook County, Illinois, United States
Metal Rivet-Connected Pratt Deck Truss, Movable: Double Leaf Bascule (Fixed Trunnion) and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Length: 267 ft. Main Span: 154 ft. Roadway: 46 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1955 By: Overland Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois and City of Chicago
One of the younger examples of a deck truss bascule bridge in Chicago.
Harrison Street Bridge
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Harrison Street Over South Branch Chicago River in Chicago: Cook County, Illinois, United States
Metal Rivet-Connected Pratt Railing Height Truss, Movable: Double Leaf Bascule (Fixed Trunnion) and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Length: 279 ft. Main Span: 210 ft. Roadway: 44 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1960 By: Overland Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois and City of Chicago
This is one of the later examples of the pony/deck truss combination bridges.
State Street Bridge
Bataan-Corregidor Memorial Bridge
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State Street Over Chicago River in Chicago: Cook County, Illinois, United States
Metal Rivet-Connected Pratt Railing Height Truss, Movable: Double Leaf Bascule (Fixed Trunnion) and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Length: 307 ft. Main Span: 245 ft. Roadway: 72 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1949 By: Overland Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois and City of Chicago
A wide truss bascule bridge in downtown Chicago, built in the 1940s.
Van Buren Street Bridge
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Van Buren Street Over South Branch Chicago River in Chicago: Cook County, Illinois, United States
Metal Rivet-Connected Pratt Railing Height Truss, Movable: Double Leaf Bascule (Fixed Trunnion) and Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-Beam), Fixed
Length: 267 ft. Main Span: 210 ft. Roadway: 44 ft. Main Spans: 1
Built 1956 By: Overland Construction Company of Chicago, Illinois and City of Chicago
One of a number of remaining similarly-designed bascule bridges in Chicago.

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