Torrence Avenue Vertical Lift Bridge
Aeration Intake, South Torrence Avenue, Chicago, IL 60409, United States of America
Torrence Avenue Vertical Lift Bridge
is a minor waterways place
on the Illinois Waterway (Calumet River Route) between
Calumet Harbour Entrance (6.89 miles
to the northeast) and
Ship - Calumet Junction (Junction of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal with the Calumet River) (24.01 miles
and 1 lock
to the west).
The nearest place in the direction of Calumet Harbour Entrance is Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad Bridge (Calumet River);
0.02 miles
away.
The nearest place in the direction of Ship - Calumet Junction is Norfolk Southern Railroad Bridge (Calumet River);
0.34 miles
away.
Mooring here is unrated.
There is a lift bridge here.
| New York Central Railroad Bridge No 6 | 3.82 miles | |
| I-90 Skyway Bridge | 3.73 miles | |
| 100th Street Bridge | 3.43 miles | |
| 106th Street Bridge | 2.63 miles | |
| Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad Bridge (Calumet River) | 0.02 miles | |
| Torrence Avenue Vertical Lift Bridge | ||
| Norfolk Southern Railroad Bridge (Calumet River) | 0.34 miles | |
| 130th Street Bridge | 1 mile | |
| 130th Street Railroad Bridge | 1.08 miles | |
| T.J. O'Brien Lock | 1.61 miles | |
| Norfolk Southern Little Calumet River Bridge | 2.65 miles | |
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[List of vertical-lift bridges]
This is a list of vertical-lift bridges. Ryde Bridge – road – Ryde, New South Wales – opened 1935, now permanently lowered Hexham Bridge – road – Hexham
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Torrence Avenue Calumet River Bridge (Henry Ford II Memorial ...In contrast, vertical lift bridges are relatively simple to design as a skewed bridge. ... The advertisements to the right feature the Torrence Avenue Bridge. Bantam ...
The Torrence Ave. pontoon was built as a more permanent structure. During the construction of the current vertical lift bridge the existing pontoon was moved ...
Vertical lift bridge over Calumet River on Torrence Avenue in Chicago.
Sep 25, 2013 ... Vertical lift bridges consist of two towers housing counterweights and ... is a road bridge, carrying Torrence Avenue over the Calumet River.
Dec 3, 2016 ... But a lift bridge was considered OK for Torrence Avenue in this ... The only CDOT vertical lift bridge marks 80 years on December 2nd.
A vertical-lift bridge or just lift bridge is a type of movable bridge in which a span rises vertically .... This bridge is still used by road vehicles but since 1970 never lift its road deck again. ..... Torrence Avenue and four railroad bridges along Calumet Shipping Canal in Chicago, Illinois · Triborough Bridge Manhattan Span – A ...
near 31st Street and Western Avenue, the Pennsylvania Railroad Bridge located near ...... immediately east of the Torrence Avenue vehicular vertical-lift bridge ...
A drawbridge was built in 1834 across the Chicago River at Dearborn Street. ... In 1963, this railroad swing bridge over the Calumet River east of Torrence Avenue was damaged by a ... Approach to the Vertical Lift Bridge, Halsted Street, 1915.
Vertical. Datum. 8. 1. 21.6. Illinois River. Hardin Drawbridge. Lifting. 300.0. 27.4 ..... Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal Lawndale Avenue Bridge ..... Torrence Ave.
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