W. Lake Street
Bridge Plan and Elevation drawing (1994 Painting)
(Courtesy of the Chicago Department of Transportation - Division of Engineering)
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- Dedicated: 11/6/1916
- Designers: John Ericson, Thomas G. Pihlfeldt, Alexander von Babo, Hugh E. Young, Edward Bennett
- Classification:Double Deck (train / auto); Through Trusses
- Clear Span: 209 feet
- Trunnion-to-Trunnion Span: 245 feet
- Width: 70 feet
- Leaf Weight: 2,100 tons (est)
- Height above the Water: 16 feet
- Construction Cost in 1916: $619,846
- Average Daily Foot Traffic (1999): 3,948
- Average Daily Vehicular Traffic (2006): 14,500
- Average Daily Train Traffic: 526 (est)
- Annual Lifts (2006): 44
- Last Rehabilitated: 1995
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