Monday, September 11, 2023

127th Street/Burr Oak Ave. over Cal-Sag Channel

(Bridge Hunter broke Mar 22, 2023; 3D Satellite)

MWRD posted
A westward view of the bridge at Burr Oak Avenue (now 127th) over the Cal-Sag Channel in what is now Crestwood, Illinois, on February 14, 1922.

MWRD posted
A view to the west at construction of a bridge at 127th Street over the Cal-Sag Channel between Alsip and Crestwood on August 18, 1916.

Dennis DeBruler commented on the MWRD post
Except for Blue Island, the Cal-Sag Channel was still in wilderness (swamp) in the late 1920s.
1928 Palos Park and 1929 Blue Island Quads @ 24,000

The truss has been replaced.
Street View, Jun 2023


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