Pennsylvania RR Bridge in Chicago (name question and image)

Here's a shot from a Chicago trip in 2000 of a Union Pacific intermodal coming across the famous former Pennsylvania Railroad lift bridge.

http://freericks.rrpicturearchives.net/ ... id=1212827

What is the official name of this bridge? Internet searches came up with South Branch Bridge and Canal Street Railroad Bridge.

Thanks for looking, and please don't hestitate to send me corrections if you see anything wrong.

Charles

SOUTH BRANCH BRIDGE, Chicago, Ill., M.P. 466.2
Ref 9, Sheet 14, 1949;

http://broadway.pennsyrr.com/rail/Prr/M ... _main.html

Another source calls it the "Pennsylvania Railroad Vertical Lift Bridge." See this page:
http://www.takotron.com/bridges/bridges.htm
and click on "EAST OF S CANAL ST."

For a couple views of it my father took in the early 1960s when he was given a cab ride from Bloomington to Chicago on a GM&O passenger train, go to this page and look for the appropriate thumbnails:
http://www.railarchive.net/gmogallery/cabride.htm

Richard Leonard

Yeah thats Alton Junction. IC and NS tracks cross here. You see more UP, Amtrak, and Metra on the NS tracks though.

rlsteam wrote:Another source calls it the "Pennsylvania Railroad Vertical Lift Bridge." See this page:
http://www.takotron.com/bridges/bridges.htm
and click on "EAST OF S CANAL ST."

For a couple views of it my father took in the early 1960s when he was given a cab ride from Bloomington to Chicago on a GM&O passenger train, go to this page and look for the appropriate thumbnails:
http://www.railarchive.net/gmogallery/cabride.htm

Richard Leonard

Wow... I didn't get notified about this post, I don't think. Love the cabride images. Great stuff and story.

I've always heard that called 21st street Drawbridge. However, that's recently - it may be Amtrak or NS's name for the bridge.

What year was this bridge built? The design appears circa 1920s.

On the CN the junction is know as 21st Street, controlled by Amtrak's Lumber Street train director.