TECH STUDIO

LONG SPAN STRUCTURES

CASE STUDY

127TH STREET BRIDGE, UNITED STATES

PRASHANT JOTIRAM JADHAV

5TH YR. B.ARCH.
ROLL NO. - 18
PILLAI HOC COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE
 127th Street Bridge

CHARACTERISTICS:
- Impressively tall, heavily skewed bridge
- Total length: 185.53m
- Main span: 122.77m
- Function as: Road Bridge

HISTORY
 The 127th Street Bridge was built in early 1900s and at that time, it was an iron
bridge. In 1903, it was destroyed by a flood and was rebuilt at the cost of $75,000.
The bridge was rebuilt again on 1923 under a judge order and it was reopened in 22
April, 1926.

 There are some problems with the bridge substructure. So the thru-truss was
removed and replaced with a girder in 2000. It is located in between the 7th Street
Traffic Way Bridge and the 18th Street Expressway Bridge over the Kansas River.
KEY FACTS :
Structure Type
Facility Carried / Feature Intersected
Metal 12 Panel Bolt-
127th Street Over Calumet Sag Channel
Connected Warren ThroughTruss, Fixed and
Location Approach Spans: Metal Stringer (Multi-
Alsip: Cook County, Illinois: United States Beam), Fixed

Construction Date and Builder / Engineer

1968 By Builder/Contractor: Unknown and
Engineer/Design: Alfred Benesch and Associates
of Chicago, Illinois

TECHNICAL FACTS :

Main Span Length Structure Length

396 Feet (122.77 Meters) 610.3 Feet (185.53 Meters)
Roadway Width Spans
53.2 Feet (16.22 Meters) 1 Main Span(s) and 4 Approach Span(s)

127th Street Bridge is one of the example of a warren truss with verticals. A Warren truss is
a support structure used in different constructions to support a load. It uses equilateral
triangles to spread out the loads of the bridge. Commonly, Warren bridge is used
extensively in bridges as well as residential and public works designs.

Truss bridge Under the bridge

JOINARY DETAILS

Top chord connection Bracing connection

Diagonal Members

Vertical members Expansion joint