CDOT Movable and Bascule Bridges

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Dedicated stewardship of the historic bascule bridges spanning Chicago’s waterways.

Location Chicago, Illinois
Client Chicago Department of Transportation
Status In-progress
Services Historic Preservation Architecture, Section 106 Consultation, Transportation Architecture
About

JLK has worked with the City of Chicago Department of Transportation for over a decade on the rehabiliation of the city’s historic movable and bascule bridges. As a team Secretary of the Interior-qualified Historic Preservation Architects and Architectural Historians with expertise in historic transportation and infrastructure, we work alongside project engineers to provide full-service architectural design and Section 106 Consultation.

JLK has completed work and/or is actively working on historic preservation design and consultation projects involving the following historic movable and bascule bridges throughout Chicago:

  • Lake Street Bascule Bridge Rehabiliation
  • Michigan Avenue Bascule Bridge Rehabiliation
  • Wells Street Bascule Bridge Rehabiliation
  • 92nd Street Bascule Bridge Rehabiliation
  • 95th Street Bascule Bridge Rehabiliation
  • 100th Street Bascule Bridge Rehabiliation
  • 106th Street Bascule Bridge Rehabiliation
  • Roosevelt Street Bascule Bridge Rehabiliation
  • California Avenue Bascule Bridge Rehabiliation
  • Webster Avenue Bascule Bridge Rehabiliation
  • Cicero Avenue Bascule Bridge Rehabiliation
  • Western Avenue Bridge Rehabiliation (former lift bridge)
  • Van Buren Street Bridge Rehabiliation
  • LaSalle Street Bridge Rehabiliation

Fun Fact! Chicago is home to the largest inventory of movable bridges — which includes bascule bridges — in North America! The city is second only to Amsterdam for the largest inventory of movable bridges in the world.

JLK has worked with the City of Chicago Department of Transportation for over a decade on the rehabiliation of the city’s historic movable and bascule bridges. As a team Secretary of the Interior-qualified Historic Preservation Architects and Architectural Historians with expertise in historic transportation and infrastructure, we work alongside project engineers to provide full-service architectural design and Section 106 Consultation.

JLK has completed work and/or is actively working on historic preservation design and consultation projects involving the following historic movable and bascule bridges throughout Chicago:

  • Lake Street Bascule Bridge Rehabiliation
  • Michigan Avenue Bascule Bridge Rehabiliation
  • Wells Street Bascule Bridge Rehabiliation
  • 92nd Street Bascule Bridge Rehabiliation
  • 95th Street Bascule Bridge Rehabiliation
  • 100th Street Bascule Bridge Rehabiliation
  • 106th Street Bascule Bridge Rehabiliation
  • Roosevelt Street Bascule Bridge Rehabiliation
  • California Avenue Bascule Bridge Rehabiliation
  • Webster Avenue Bascule Bridge Rehabiliation
  • Cicero Avenue Bascule Bridge Rehabiliation
  • Western Avenue Bridge Rehabiliation (former lift bridge)
  • Van Buren Street Bridge Rehabiliation
  • LaSalle Street Bridge Rehabiliation

Fun Fact! Chicago is home to the largest inventory of movable bridges — which includes bascule bridges — in North America! The city is second only to Amsterdam for the largest inventory of movable bridges in the world.

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