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Facing east

Photos taken July 2004 by David Backlin

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Under the counter weight

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Plaque

Built by
Mississippi Valley
Structural Steel
Company
1932

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Facts

Overview: Through truss bascule bridge over Des Plaines River on Eastbound US 30 in Joliet
Location: Joliet, Will County, Illinois
Status: Open to two-lane traffic
History: Built 1932-33 by the Mississippi Valley Structural Steel Co.; rehabilitated 1941
Builder: - Mississippi Valley Structural Steel Co.
Design: Bascule Cantilevered through truss
Dimensions: Length of largest span: 166.0 ft.
Total length: 331.0 ft.
Deck width: 40.0 ft.
Vertical clearance above deck: 16.1 ft.
Approximate latitude, longitude: +41.52495, -88.08606 (decimal degrees)
41°31'30" N, 88°05'10" W (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Inventory numbers: IL 099-0166 (Illinois bridge number)
BH 15746 (Bridgehunter.com ID)
Inspection (as of 10/2005): Deck condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Superstructure condition rating: Fair (5 out of 9)
Substructure condition rating: Satisfactory (6 out of 9)
Appraisal: Functionally obsolete
Sufficiency rating: 60.3 (out of 100)
Average daily traffic (as of 2005): 8,900

Update Log

July 8, 2008: New photos from Kim Harvey
June 22, 2008: Updated by J.R. Manning: Added to Lincoln Highway category
April 1, 2005: Posted photos by David Backlin

Sources

David Backlin - us71 [at] cox [dot] net
J.R. Manning - thekitchenguy [at] sbcglobal [dot] net

Comments

Jefferson Street Bridge

Posted June 3, 2008, by Michael Limacher (m [dot] djmjlcst [at] comcast [dot] net)

This is the Jackson Street bridge in Joliet, Illinois. The McDonough Street bridge is a two lane bridge too but is painted blue and has overhead arches before entering the span - just like the Cass Street bridge, only that bridge is a three lane bridge. I was born and raised in Joliet. Go to the website for Historic Bridges of Michigan and Elsewhere and you'll see great pictures of all the bridges in Joliet! The URL is http://www.historicbridges.org/index.htm

Have a good day!

Mike

Jefferson Street Bridge

Posted June 13, 2006, by Steve Forbes (sandlforbes [at] yahoo [dot] com)

This is actually the McDonough Street Bridge. The Jefferson Street Bridge is a 3 lane one way bridge. McDonough Street is a 2 way 2 lane bridge which carries US Routes 52 and 6 over the Des Plains River.

Jefferson Street Bridge

Posted May 6, 2006, by Joe (joethejedi [at] gmail [dot] com)

My Father, and his before him, worked for MVSS. Thank you for posting the plaque image. That's a great bit of nostalgia.