CLOSE-UP VIEW OF WESTBOUND TOLL BOOTHS, LOOKING NORTH. - Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, Toll Plaza and Service Building, 8801 South Anthony Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Photographer
Lowe, Jet
Title
CLOSE-UP VIEW OF WESTBOUND TOLL BOOTHS, LOOKING NORTH. - Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge, Toll Plaza and Service Building, 8801 South Anthony Avenue, Chicago, Cook County, IL
Description
Chicago Department of Public Works; Consoer, Townsend and Associates; Egger Iron Company; Kenny Construction Company; Aurora Pump Company; Bell and Gossett; Cook, Arteluar; DeLony, Eric N, project manager; Chicago Department of Transportation, sponsor; Daley, Richard M, sponsor; Walker, Thomas R, sponsor; Kaderbek, S L, sponsor; Spivey, Justin M, historian; Lowe, Jet, photographer
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Notes
Significance: The Chicago Skyway toll plaza is an important eastern gateway to the city. The roadway sits atop an administrative and maintenance building, a uniquely compact arrangement dictated by its urban site. In their International-style architectural expression and interior program, the toll plaza and service building reflect their designers' vision of a truly modern highway. This self-sufficient complex once included a police station as well. Other features, novel at the time of construction, included automatic toll collection, a heated-slab snow-melt system in the toll plaza, and salt hoppers filled from the roadway above.
Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: N647
Survey number: HAER IL-145-A
Building/structure dates: 1956-1958 Initial Construction