WEST OF N ASHLAND AVE, NORTH OF WEBSTER AVE

THIS BRIDGE IS VISIBLE FROM INTERSTATE 90/94, ITS MASSIVE COUNTERWEIGHTS LOFTED INTO THE AIR AND SEEN BEHIND KOHL'S AND HOME DEPOT. IT IS OF A CLASSIC TRUNNION BASCULE DESIGN, BUT LIKE ITS SIMILAR COUNTERPARTS NORTH OF 16TH ST, ITS WEIGHTS ARE POSITIONED HIGH ENOUGH TO PRECLUDE THE TYPICAL WEIGHT PIT.

JUDGING FROM THE SHAPE OF ITS COUNTERWEIGHTS, IT WAS PROBABLY BUILT AROUND THE TIME OF THE SCAL BRIDGE (1919), BUT I HAVEN'T FOUND ANY VERIFICATION OF THIS.

TO MAKE UP FOR THE GENERAL LACK OF INFORMATION ON THIS STRUCTURE, IT HAS A MYSPACE PROFILE AND IS MAKING NEW FRIENDS:

http://www.myspace.com/ashland_bascule