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Blue Island Yard Bridges

 
A set of five different Camelback Pratt through truss bridges
John Street, Blue Island, IL 60406, United States of America
 
Information about the place
Blue Island Yard Bridges is a minor waterways place on the Illinois Waterway (Calumet River Route) between Calumet Harbour Entrance (17.01 miles and 1 lock to the northeast) and Ship - Calumet Junction (Junction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal with the Calumet River) (13.89 miles to the west).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Calumet Harbour Entrance is Metra Cal-Sag Bridge; 0.34 miles away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Ship - Calumet Junction is Francisco Avenue Bridge; 0.23 miles away.

Mooring here is unrated.

There is a bridge here which takes a railway over the canal.

 
 
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self-operated pump-out
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