[3] Cherry Avenue bridge is located at 41°54′37.1″N 87°39′19.9″W / 41.910306°N 87.655528°W / 41.910306; -87.655528; it runs in a north-south orientation, spanning the North Branch Canal of the Chicago River to provide railroad access to Goose Island, an industrial area in the Near North Side community area of Chicago.

[7] It spans the North Branch Canal of the Chicago River providing the only railroad access to Goose Island.

The bridge was purchased by the City of Chicago in 2008,[9] and restored in 2008–09 adding new decking and lights to enable safe pedestrian access.

[1][7] The bridge is no longer operable, but when constructed it was able to swing to the east, to an angle of 82.5˚ when parallel to the dock wall.

[1] The bridge was designed to carry a single railroad track, but also may originally have been intended for use by other vehicular traffic on Cherry Avenue.