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Title: Is the railroad bridge over Western Avenue in Chicago in danger?
Post by: roadman65 on March 16, 2021, 08:49:03 PM

I saw a post on Facebook showing the piers carrying a rail line over WesternAvenue at Pershing Road to be looking unstable.someone commented on it from the area and said he believes someday soon a train overhead might bring the bridge to collapse if not a drunk driver below.

I can’t believe the city would allow this, but stranger things have happened.

https://goo.gl/maps/KCn6utKReidLVbdy6

Now we all know the tricks the google camera can play on images, but that pier on Pershing looks bent out of shape showing structure fatigue.
https://goo.gl/maps/avzzJkqTs5vKvyFBA

Title: Re: Is the railroad bridge over Western Avenue in Chicago in danger?
Post by: CtrlAltDel on March 17, 2021, 01:14:27 AM

I'm no expert, but, no, that doesn't look good at all.

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