N. Columbus Drive
William P. Fahey Bridge
Original Bridge Plan/Elevation drawing (1982)
(Courtesy of the Chicago Department of Transportation - Division of Engineering)
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- Dedicated 10/31/1982
- Designers: Division of Bridges and Viaducts
- Classification: Single Deck; Box Girders
- Clear Span: 180 feet
- Trunnion-to-Trunnion Span: 269 feet
- Width: 111 feet
- Leaf Weight: 3,400 tons
- Height above the Water: 21 feet
- Construction Cost in 1982: $33 million
- Average Daily Vehicular Traffic (2006): 23,700
- Annual Lifts (2006): 49
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