| Krib/St. Charles Air Line Bridge | ||
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| Nutzung | Eisenbahnbrücke | |
| Querung von | Chicago River | |
| Ort | Chicago | |
| Unterhalten durch | Canadian National Railway | |
| Konstruktion | Klappbrücke | |
| Gesamtlänge | 85 m | |
| Längste Stützweite | 67 m | |
| Eröffnung | 1919, 1930 | |
| Planer | Joseph Baermann Strauss | |
| Lage | ||
| Koordinaten | 41° 51′ 39″ N, 87° 38′ 4″ W | |
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Geschichte
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BearbeitenLiteratur
Bearbeiten- Big Bascule Bridge Over the Chicago River. In: Railway Review. Vol. 65, Nr. 20, 1919, S. 713–717.
- The New 260 Ft. Span Single Leaf Bascule Bridge of the Illinois Central R. R. In: Engineering and Contracting. Vol. 52, 24. Dezember 1919, S. 717–719.
- Longest Single-Leaf Bascule Bridge: Chicago River. In: Engineering News-Record. Vol. 83, Nr. 22, 1919, S. 1056–1060.
- World’s Longest Bascule Span Erected at Chicago. In: Railway Age. Vol. 67, Nr. 24, 1919, S. 1133–1137.
- Straightening the Chicago River Involves Many Problems. In: Engineering News-Record. Vol. 97, Nr. 19, 1926, S. 745–747.
- Excavating a New Million-Yard Channel for the Chicago River. In: Engineering News-Record. Vol. 102, Nr. 18, 1929, S. 717–719.
- C. H. Mottier: A Complex Bridge-Moving Job. In: Railway Age. Vol. 90, Nr. 9, 1931, S. 445–447.
- Busiest Railway Crossing Is No More. In: Railway Age. Vol. 91, Nr. 7, 1931, S. 241–244 u. 251.
- Raise 3330 Ton Bascule Span 11½ Ft. In: Railway Age. Vol. 92, Nr. 2, 1932, S. 83–85.
- Justin M. Spivey: St. Charles Air Line Bridge, Spanning South Branch of Chicago River, north of Sixteenth Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL. Historic American Engineering Record, HAER IL-157, Washington, D.C. 2001.
- Vector Construction: Counterweight Repair of Historic St. Charles Air Line Bridge. In: Concrete Repair Bulletin. November/Dezember 2015, S. 9–13.
Weblinks
BearbeitenCommons: St. Charles Air Line Bridge – Sammlung von Bildern, Videos und Audiodateien
- St. Charles Air Line Bridge, Spanning South Branch of Chicago River, north of Sixteenth Street, Chicago, Cook County, IL. HAER IL-157, Library of Congress.
- St. Charles Air Line Bridge. HistoricBridges.org
- Kim Janssen: Developer signs deal to build 62-acre neighborhood linking South Loop and Chinatown. Chicago Tribune, 12. Mai 2016.
- Straightening of the Chicago River. Chicagology.com
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