Friday, December 30, 2016

Pulaski Road/Crawford Ave. Bridge over the CS&SC in Chicago, IL

(Bridge Hunter and Historic Bridges have this road over Cal Sag, but I could not find anything over the Sanitary and Ship Canal; Satellite)

CS&SC = Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal

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People gather for a groundbreaking event to celebrate the beginning of construction of the Crawford Avenue Bridge on September 21, 1927. This photo shows a northern view of Crawford Ave (now Pulaski Rd.), from a point just north of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal where the bridge was to be built by the Sanitary District of Chicago. 
The Crawford Generating Plant is on the right.

I've taken pictures from this bridge, but not of this bridge. All of the land around this bridge is "public unfriendly" industrial property. The best picture I got of the bridge...

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...was while I was waiting for a break in the traffic to get the pictures I wanted.  Judging from the above picture and a Street View, this bridge is not movable. It must be a relatively new bridge because it would be high enough to clear just barge traffic. That must mean the 1927 bridge got replaced. I wonder what the 1927 bridge looked like and when it was replaced.
3D Satellite

Robby Foskett shared
Here's a link to an interesting photo including a Moore Speed Crane, forerunner of Manitowoc
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Construction of the Crawford Avenue Bridge (now Pulaski Rd.) on January 28, 1928, looking north at a concrete mixing plant on the south side of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal where the bridge was to be built by the Sanitary District of Chicago.

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A view to the west showing the south abutment for a bridge at Crawford Avenue (now Pulaski Road) over the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal on March 20, 1928.
[In the background appears to be the coal-handling equipment and smokestacks of the Crawford Power Plant.]

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Removal of excavated spoil during construction of the Crawford Avenue bridge on July 5, 1928. The bridge at Crawford (now Pulaski) over the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal was built by the Sanitary District of Chicago (now MWRD) between 1927 and 1929.

Evelyn Bunte shared
Stumbled upon this and squealed a little at the ancient Illinois Central cars.

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A view to the north showing construction of the Crawford Avenue bridge on August 15, 1928.

MWRD posted on Oct 14, 2022
A view of wooden forms for concrete abutment walls during construction of the Crawford Avenue bridge on October 18, 1928.

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Crews working on transmission lines during construction of the Crawford Avenue bridge on December 6, 1927. The bridge at Crawford Avenue (now Pulaski Road) over the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal was built by the Sanitary District of Chicago (now MWRD) between 1927 and 1929.

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Construction of the bridge at Crawford Avenue (now Pulaski Road) over the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal on March 20, 1928. The bridge was built by the Sanitary District of Chicago (now MWRD) between 1927 and 1929. 


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