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AERIAL VIEW, LOOKING NNW TOWARD CHICAGO LOOP, SHOWING BEGINNING OF SKYWAY AT INDIANA-ILLINOIS STATE LINE. - Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Street to Indiana state line, Chicago, Cook County, IL
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Lowe, Jet
Title
AERIAL VIEW, LOOKING NNW TOWARD CHICAGO LOOP, SHOWING BEGINNING OF SKYWAY AT INDIANA-ILLINOIS STATE LINE. - Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, I-90, for 7.8 miles from South State Street to Indiana state line, Chicago, Cook County, IL
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Chicago Department of Public Works; DeLeuw, Cather and Company; Alfred Benesch and Associates; A. J. Boynton and Company; Consoer, Townsend and Associates; Hazelet and Erdal; Friedman-Kornacker Engineering Company; J. E. Greiner Company; H. W. Lochner and Company; Allied Structural Steel Company; U.S. Steel Corporation; Bethlehem Steel Company; Mount Vernon Bridge Company; Arcole Midwest Corporation; Kenny Construction Company; E. J. Albrecht Company; Robert R. Anderson Company; M. J. Boyle and Company; Consolidated Construction Company; J. M. Corbett Company; Hedges Construction Company; Paschen Contractors; Superior Concrete Construction Company; DeLony, Eric N, project manager; Chicago Department of Transportation, sponsor; Daley, Richard M, sponsor; Walker, Thomas R, sponsor; Kaderbek, S L, sponsor; Sears, Hannah, transmitter; Spivey, Justin M, historian; Lowe, Jet, photographer
Depicted place Illinois; Cook County; Chicago
Date Documentation compiled after 1968; 1999
Dimensions 4 x 5 in.
Current location
Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
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HAER ILL, 16-CHIG, 138-1
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This file comes from the Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS), Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) or Historic American Landscapes Survey (HALS). These are programs of the National Park Service established for the purpose of documenting historic places. Records consist of measured drawings, archival photographs, and written reports.

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  • 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.
  • Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N646
  • Survey number: HAER IL-145
  • Building/structure dates: 1956-1958 Initial Construction
Source https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/il0824.photos.318296p
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Object location41° 51′ 00″ N, 87° 39′ 00″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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