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Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad Bridge (Calumet River)

 
South Torrence Avenue, Chicago, IL 60409, United States of America
 
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Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad Bridge (Calumet River) is a minor waterways place on the Illinois Waterway (Calumet River Route) between Calumet Harbour Entrance (6.87 miles to the northeast) and Ship - Calumet Junction (Junction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal with the Calumet River) (24.03 miles and 1 lock to the west).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Calumet Harbour Entrance is 106th Street Bridge; 2.61 miles away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Ship - Calumet Junction is Torrence Avenue Vertical Lift Bridge; 0.02 miles away.

Mooring here is unrated.

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

 
 
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