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Re: Kenwood Line Embankment
Posted by:
davey7
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Date: December 18, 2013 04:09PM
They are somewhat similar to the Metra Electric stations in places (though they were mostly brick built under wide viaducts rather than "inside" the fill of the viaduct.
Re: Kenwood Line Embankment
Posted by:
Jeff_Weiner
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Date: December 18, 2013 04:25PM
davey7 Wrote:
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> They are somewhat similar to the Metra Electric
> stations in places (though they were mostly brick
> built under wide viaducts rather than "inside" the
> fill of the viaduct.
It's called a "box" abutment, or "vaulted" abutment. I encountered these while working on plans for a consultant to refurbish the Jackson Drive viaduct over the Metra Electric in Grant Park. The Congress Drive viaduct is built like that, too. Places for future installation of substations (Park District, used to have their own electrical system) and so forth, but a pain in the neck if you have to beef up bridge supports.
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> They are somewhat similar to the Metra Electric
> stations in places (though they were mostly brick
> built under wide viaducts rather than "inside" the
> fill of the viaduct.
It's called a "box" abutment, or "vaulted" abutment. I encountered these while working on plans for a consultant to refurbish the Jackson Drive viaduct over the Metra Electric in Grant Park. The Congress Drive viaduct is built like that, too. Places for future installation of substations (Park District, used to have their own electrical system) and so forth, but a pain in the neck if you have to beef up bridge supports.
Re: Kenwood Line Embankment
Posted by:
davey7
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Date: December 19, 2013 04:41PM
The bridge over the Van Buren station is FINALLY being redone after, well, most of my life being a wreck.
