Laramie Viaduct (demolished) – Chicago IL

City:
Chicago, IL

Site Type:
Infrastructure and Utilities, Roads, Bridges, and Tunnels

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Site Survival:
No Longer Extant

Description

Chicago, Illinois’s old Laramie Viaduct, which carried South Laramie Ave. over the railroad line just south of I-290, was constructed with the assistance of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds in 1939. The bridge was demolished ca. 2010.

Source notes

https://www.historicbridges.org/bridges/browser/?bridgebrowser=illinois/laramie/

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 2, 2014.

Location Info

S. Laramie Ave.
Chicago, IL

Coordinates: 41.869014, -87.754681

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