Lockport's Abandoned Bridge Over the Des Plaines: Division Street Bridge
Division St Bridge in Lockport, IL is currently closed to all traffic (including pedestrian traffic) and hidden behind growth.
The bridge approach is only accessible via IL-53 on the west side of the Des Plaines River/Sanitary Ship Canal.
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Forgotten Railways, Roads & Places Photo (August 2018) |
According to HistoricBridges, "this abandoned bridge which is closed to all traffic carried Division Street over Des Plaines River. At one time an additional bridge, a swing bridge which is today gone, would have carried the street over the Sanitary and Ship Canal to the east as well. This bridge was reportedly closed in 1993 when a high level bridge was constructed for IL-7 about three quarters of a mile north of this bridge.
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