N. Wells Street
Elevation drawing of the Bridge tender houses (1917)
(Courtesy of the Chicago Department of Transportation - Division of Engineering)
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- Dedicated: 2/11/1922
- Designers: Thomas G. Pihlfeldt, Hugh E. Young, John Ericson, Edward Bennett
- Classification:Double Deck (Rail/Auto); Through Trusses
- Clear Span: 231 feet
- Trunnion-to-Trunnion Span: 268 feet
- Width: 72 feet
- Leaf Weight: 2,100 tons
- Height above the Water: 16 feet
- Construction Cost in 1922: $1.3 million
- Average Daily Foot Traffic (1999): 8,415
- Average Daily Vehicular Traffic (2006): 8,500
- Average Daily Train Traffic: 408 (est)
- Annual Lifts (2006):38
- Last Rehabilitated: Schedule Fall 2012
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