Cortland Street Drawbridge
The Cortland Street Drawbridge over the Chicago River is the original Chicago-style fixed-trunnion bascule bridge, designed by John Ericson and Edward Wilmann.Photo: Hyperion924, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Clybourn station and St. Josaphat Roman Catholic Church.
Clybourn station
Railway station
Photo: JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Clybourn is a railroad station in Chicago serving Metra's Union Pacific North Line and Union Pacific Northwest Line. It is located at 2001 North Ashland Avenue and is the first station north of Ogilvie Transportation Center. Clybourn station is situated 1,100 feet west of Cortland Street Drawbridge.
St. Josaphat Roman Catholic Church
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St. Josaphat is a historic church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago located at 2311 North Southport Avenue in Chicago, Illinois. It is a prime example of the so-called 'Polish Cathedral style' of church in both its opulence and grand scale. St. Josaphat Roman Catholic Church is situated 2,500 feet north of Cortland Street Drawbridge.
The Hideout Inn
Bar
Photo: MisterJayEm, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hideout Chicago, also known as Hideout Inn, is a music venue and former factory bar located in an industrial area between the Lincoln Park and Bucktown neighborhoods of Chicago in the Elston Avenue Industrial Corridor. The Hideout Inn is situated 1,200 feet south of Cortland Street Drawbridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include RANCH Triangle and Wicker Park.
RANCH Triangle
Neighborhood
RANCH Triangle is a small neighborhood within Lincoln Park, Chicago. The word is an acronym composed of the boundaries of the neighborhood: Racine, Armitage, North, Chicago, and Halsted.
Wicker Park
Photo: Victorgrigas, Public domain.
Wicker Park is the vanguard of music, nightlife, and fashion in Chicago. This article also includes the sly, enjoyable Ukrainian Village, immediately south, and pieces of the greater West Town area.
Lincoln Park
Suburb
Photo: Thshriver, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lincoln Park is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It is located west of the public park Lincoln Park.
Cortland Street Drawbridge
- Type: Bridge
- Description: American bridge
- Categories: bascule bridge, road bridge, and transportation
- Location: Chicago, Cook, Chicagoland, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.91697° or 41° 55′ 1″ northLongitude
-87.66428° or 87° 39′ 51″ westOpen location code
86HJW88P+Q7OpenStreetMap ID
way 705792408OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridgeWikidata ID
Q5173348
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to German—“Cortland Street Drawbridge” goes by many names.
- French: “pont basculant de Cortland Street”
- French: “Pont de Cortland Street”
- German: “Clybourn Place Drawbridge”
- German: “Cortland Street Drawbridge”
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