Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Street to Ind, Chicago, Cook County, IL

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2 photo caption pages
2 color transparencies

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TITLE:
Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Street to Ind, Chicago, Cook County, IL

CALL NUMBER:
HAER ILL, 16-CHIG, 138-

REPRODUCTION NUMBER:
[See Call Number]

MEDIUM:
Photo(s): 21 (4 x 5 in. and 5 x 7 in.)
Data Page(s): 27 plus cover page
Photo Caption Page(s): 2
Color Transparencies: 2

DATE:
Documentation compiled after 1968.

CREATOR:
Historic American Engineering Record, creator

NOTE:
Survey number HAER IL-145

Unprocessed field note material exists for this structure (N646).

Building/structure dates: 1956 initial construction

Significance: The Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge system crosses the Calumet River on a 650'-0"-long cantilever Warren through truss. This is Chicago's highest and longest bridge, and perhaps more importantly, its symbolic eastern gateway. The Skyway's completion marked the final link in a system of toll roads stretching from New York City to Chicago. This "toll bridge," however, also includes 7.8 miles of approach roads, which hint at an interesting legislative history. The Skyway's overpass and interchange structures contain specialty steel work such as welded rigid-frame bents and "hammer-head" piers, then relatively new designs. The toll plaza and service building, described in a separate report, are also significant for their innovative design.

SUBJECTS:
ILLINOIS--Cook County--Chicago
truss bridges
toll bridges
elevated highways

OTHER TITLE:
Calumet Skyway Toll Bridge

COLLECTION:
Historic American Engineering Record (Library of Congress)

REPOSITORY:
Library of Congress, Prints and Photograph Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

DIGID:
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.il0824

CONTENTS:
Photograph caption(s):
1. AERIAL VIEW, LOOKING NNW TOWARD CHICAGO LOOP, SHOWING BEGINNING OF SKYWAY AT INDIANA-ILLINOIS STATE LINE.
2. AERIAL VIEW, SIMILAR TO IL-145-1, LOOKING NW.
3. AERIAL VIEW, LOOKING WNW ACROSS INDIANA-ILLINOIS STATE LINE. INDIANAPOLIS BOULEVARD IN CENTER FOREGROUND.
4. AERIAL VIEW, LOOKING WNW ALONG RAILROAD CORRIDOR PARALLEL TO CHICAGO SKYWAY.
5. AERIAL VIEW, LOOKING WNW ACROSS INDIANA-ILLINOIS STATE LINE. INDIANAPOLIS BOULEVARD IN CENTER FOREGROUND.
6. AERIAL VIEW, LOOKING NNW ALONG CALUMET RIVER TOWARD SKYWAY BRIDGE.
7. AERIAL VIEW, SIMILAR TO IL-145-7, LOOKING NORTH.
8. AERIAL VIEW, LOOKING NE ACROSS CALUMET RIVER TOWARD SKYWAY BRIDGE APPROACH VIADUCT. 110TH STREET BRIDGE TOWARD UPPER LEFT OF FRAME.
9. AERIAL VIEW, LOOKING NE TOWARD SKYWAY BRIDGE.
10. AERIAL VIEW, LOOKING EAST TOWARD SKYWAY BRIDGE. RAILROAD VERTICAL-LIFT BRIDGES (HAER No. IL-156 AND IL-161) IN BACKGROUND.
11. AERIAL VIEW, LOOKING SE TOWARD SKYWAY BRIDGE. RAILROAD VERTICAL-LIFT BRIDGES (HAER No. IL-156 AND IL-161) IN FOREGROUND.
12. AERIAL VIEW, LOOKING NNW, SHOWING NORTH END OF CHICAGO SKYWAY CORRIDOR. TOLL PLAZA TOWARD BOTTOM OF FRAME.
13. AERIAL VIEW, LOOKING SE ALONG CHICAGO SKYWAY. STONY ISLAND AVENUE RAMPS IN MIDDLE LEFT OF FRAME.
14. AERIAL VIEW, LOOKING DUE NORTH ALONG STONY ISLAND AVENUE. CHICAGO SKYWAY TOWARD BOTTOM OF FRAME.
15. LOOKING NW AT ROADWAY LEVEL, APPROACHING MAIN SPAN.
16. SOUTHEAST PORTAL ELEVATION OF MAIN SPAN.
17. LOOKING NORTH AT ROADWAY LEVEL, SHOWING INSIDE OF NORTHEAST TRUSS OF MAIN SPAN.
18. LOOKING NORTH AT MAIN SPAN, FROM FIELD ADJACENT TO 100TH STREET BRIDGE.
19. LOOKING NORTH AT MAIN SPAN, FROM 100TH STREET BRIDGE.
20. LOOKING NORTH AT MAIN SPAN, FROM FIELD ADJACENT TO 100TH STREET BRIDGE, USING 600-mm TELEPHOTO LENS.
21. LOOKING SE ACROSS CALUMET RIVER, SHOWING UNDERSIDE OF MAIN SPAN AND RIVER PIERS.

CONTROL #:
IL0824

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