CHICAGO'S LOOP: A NEW APPROACH
The reconstruction is described of the Wells Street Viaduct wich cleaned up a dangerous area just north of Chicago's central business district by providing a structurally sound approach for trains and a column-free street below. The 4 major objectives of the project were as follows: replace or rehabilitate more than 650 ft of track support structure eliminate the support columns in the roadway; increase vertical clearance of the roadway and the railroad tracks; maintain CTA (Chicago Transit Authority) railway service except for limited weekend closures; the new structure was built outside of the existing one, which thus could remain operational while the new foundations were being built. The details of the construction are described.
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Availability:
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Authors:
- WITSCHI, A
- Publication Date: 1990-1
Media Info
- Features: Figures;
- Pagination: p. 38-41
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Serial:
- Civil Engineering
- Volume: 60
- Issue Number: 1
- Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
- ISSN: 0885-7024
- Serial URL: http://www.pubs.asce.org/ceonline/newce/html
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Reconstruction; Viaducts
- Identifier Terms: Chicago Transit Authority
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Design; Highways; I24: Design of Bridges and Retaining Walls;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 00492142
- Record Type: Publication
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Mar 31 1990 12:00AM