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Harrison Street Bridge

Chicago River South Branch, South Wells Street, Chicago, IL 60605, United States of America
Address is taken from a point 389 yards away.

Harrison Street Bridge carries a footpath over the Illinois Waterway (Chicago River).

Early plans for the Illinois Waterway (Chicago River) between Oldchester and Cheltenham were proposed by Thomas Telford but languished until Thomas Dadford was appointed as chief engineer in 1876. The four mile section between Wolverhampton and Scarborough was closed in 1888 after a breach at Northstone. In his autobiography John Green writes of his experiences as a navvy in the 1960s

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Harrison Street Bridge is a minor waterways place on the Illinois Waterway (Chicago River) between Chicago Harbour Entrance (3.26 miles and 1 lock to the east) and Ashland Avenue Bascule Bridge (2.89 miles to the southwest).

The nearest place in the direction of Chicago Harbour Entrance is Congress Parkway Bridges; 0.08 miles away.

The nearest place in the direction of Ashland Avenue Bascule Bridge is Roosevelt Road Bridge; 0.45 miles away.

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a lift bridge here.

	Monroe Street Bridge	0.41 miles
	Adams Street Bridge	0.33 miles
	Jackson Boulevard Bridge	0.25 miles
	Van Buren Street Bridge	0.16 miles
	Congress Parkway Bridges	0.08 miles
	Harrison Street Bridge
	Roosevelt Road Bridge	0.45 miles
	St. Charles Air Line Bridge	0.85 miles
	18th Street Bridge	1.06 miles
	BNSF - Canal Street Lift Bridge	1.23 miles
	Canal Street Bridge	1.32 miles

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The Harrison Street Bridge was a bridge which crossed the Embarras River east of Charleston, Illinois. The Camelback through truss bridge was 185 feet (56 m) long and 27.25 feet (8.31 m) tall at its highest point. Builders Oliver & Alexander constructed the bridge in 1898. The bridge was the only Camelback truss bridge ever built in Coles County.

The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 30, 1981. At the time, the bridge was closed to vehicles and reported as being in poor condition. The bridge was demolished in 2011, and was delisted from the register in 2020.

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