Ashland Avenue Bridge over the Chicago River

Entrance to the Ashland Avenue Bridge

Blog Posted 1/3/2018

The North Ashland Avenue Bridge (2201 North: 1600 West) crosses North to South over the North Branch Chicago 4.9 miles from the river mouth. The current bridge is the first and only bridge at this site. It opened on August 20, 1936.

It is a metal rivet-connected Pratt Pony Truss, movable: double leaf bascule (fixed trunnion) and approach spans, metal stringer (multibeam), fixed. There is one main span 4 approach spans. The main span measures 232 feet. The structure length is 386.5 feet. The roadway width is 60 feet. There are four lanes of traffic.

Contractors were

Design: Division of Bridges and Viaducts City of Chicago

Superstructure Contractor: Kettler Elliot Company

Substructure Contractor: FitzSimons and Connell Company Company

In 1993, the bridge was rehabbed.

In 1995, bridge was charged to fixed.

Construction Costs were $1.7 million.