Cherry Avenue Bridge
Cherry Avenue Bridge | |
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Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway | |
Construction start | 1901 |
Construction end | 1902[1] |
Location | |
The Cherry Avenue Bridge (North Avenue railroad bridge, or Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, Bridge No. Z-2) is an asymmetric bob-tail
Location
Cherry Avenue bridge is located at 41°54′37.1″N 87°39′19.9″W / 41.910306°N 87.655528°W; it runs in a north-south orientation, spanning the North Branch Canal of the Chicago River to provide railroad access to
History
Goose Island is a man-made island on the north branch of the Chicago River that was formed in the 1850s by the digging of the North Branch Canal.[3] In 1871 the Chicago and Pacific Railroad started construction of a railroad from Goose Island through Elgin, Illinois to Byron, Illinois.[4] This company was absorbed into the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway in 1880.[5] The Cherry Avenue bridge was constructed in 1901–02[1] by the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul to replace a 20-year-old bridge on the same location.[6] It spans the North Branch Canal of the Chicago River providing the only railroad access to Goose Island.[7]
Railroad operation on Goose Island was taken over by the Soo Line Railroad in 1986, and then by the Chicago Terminal Railroad in January 2007. The bridge was purchased by the City of Chicago in 2008,[8] and restored in 2008–09 adding new decking and lights to enable safe pedestrian access.[9]
Structure
The bridge is one of two bob-tail swing bridges constructed by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway on the North Branch of the Chicago River.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, Bridge No. Z-2, Spanning North Branch Canal at North Cherry Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL". Historic American Engineering Record. Retrieved May 3, 2009.
- ^ "CHICAGO LANDMARKS: Individual Landmarks and Landmark Districts designated as of January 1, 2008" (PDF). Commission on Chicago Landmarks. January 1, 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 27, 2008. Retrieved May 3, 2009.
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- ^ Cary, John W (1892). The Organization and History of The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company. Press of Cramer, Aikens, & Cramer. p. 253. Retrieved July 25, 2010.
- ISBN 0-252-02394-3.
- ^ a b "A Counterbalance Swing Bridge on the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul". The Railway Age. 33 (10): 290–291. March 2, 1902. Retrieved July 25, 2010.
- ^ Holth, Nathan. "North Avenue Railroad Bridge". Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere. Archived from the original on March 27, 2009. Retrieved May 3, 2009.
- ^ Quinlan, Anne (August 4, 2008). "STB Finance Docket No. 35154" (PDF). Surface Transportation Board. Retrieved May 3, 2009.
- ^ "Cherry Avenue Bridge". Rausch Construction Company. Archived from the original on May 5, 2010. Retrieved May 3, 2009.
- ^ The other is bridge No. Z-6, downstream of the Cortland Street Drawbridge, see "Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway, Bridge No. Z-6, Spanning North Branch of Chicago River, South of C, Chicago, Cook County, IL". Historic American Engineering Record. Retrieved May 3, 2009.
External links
- Media related to Cherry Avenue bridge at Wikimedia Commons