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Kite aerial view of the 1899 Chicago and Northwestern center pivot swing bridge. The approach trusses were replaced by the low girder spans last year. Sometime in the Spring of 2013, the center span should get replaced. |
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The new bascule hinged span is on temporary pilings. Ready for barges to be placed underneath to float it into place. I presume the left end has the hinge. The angle of the diagonal beams is closer to 45 degrees on that end, and that would allow for a more vertical lift to clear the channel? I have no idea if there will be a counterweight to balance this. And is that a control house or machinery house? The existing bridge is remote controlled from Chicago? The new bridge is ? . . . . the same? |
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Trains don't wait for my camera to get focused.
I don't remember much horn blowing nearby to get some notice that a train is coming.
And they are going maybe 20 mph?
| The train crossing over. |
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My letters by the new foundations probably don't correlate to anything in the real plans, but it helps to describe places. The new center span may be hinged on C, and the tip will reach to B. When the old foundations are removed, the channel will be wider. |
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Crane on barge by Pioneer Avenue.
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More steel is being assembled on the north shore,
but I can't recognize what part of the bridge it will be.
| Another aerial view. |
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. . . .. . . . . . . links to other web sites . . .
. . . . . . . . 1899 Oshkosh Bridge and Oshkosh yard by Dan, lots of pictures and the story of the construction over the last 2 years. And it may be hard to use BACK to my page from there.
. . . . . . . . Flickr picture of Bridge by Missing Link, check out the series near this night scene of the original bridge.
. . . . .. . my 2009 aerial view of the original bridge with all 3 truss spans. And my index link on that page will get you to one of my very old indexes. Use BACK to return to here.
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Link back to my index page, Bruce's RailRoad Pictures
my best index page is on the TrainWeb site, as of January 2011.
This page was wrote in April, 2013, and all the pictures were from April 20, 2013.
