Trenchless Sewer Lining to the Rescue for the Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge
The Chicago Skyway operations offices and maintenance facilities are located underneath the skyway toll plaza. A torrential rainstorm strikes and the 60+ year facilities were flooded, forcing the facilities staff out of their headquarters.
The ceilings were caving in because of the aging, deteriorating pipes that remove the stormwater from the plaza above.
They called us out, American Trenchless Technologies, the industry-leading sewer lining company in the greater Chicago area.
Our crew came out and solved the problem without any costly and disruptive open-cut excavations. The Skyway staff was back in business and major problems were solved quickly and efficiently.
About the Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge
Built by the City of Chicago in 1958, the Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge (also known as the “Skyway”) is a 7.8-mile-long toll road that connects the Indiana Toll Road to the Dan Ryan Expressway on Chicago’s South Side. The main feature of the Skyway is a 1⁄2-mile-long steel truss bridge, known as the “High Bridge”. The bridge itself spans the Calumet River and Calumet Harbor, a major harbor for industrial ships – its main span extends 650 feet long and provides for 125 feet of vertical clearance.
The Skyway was operated and maintained by the City of Chicago until January 2005 when Skyway Concession Company, LLC assumed its operations under a 99-year operating lease. The lease agreement between Skyway and the City of Chicago was the first privatization of an existing toll road in the United States.



Pat Hunt
15:09 06 Jul 21
Our nearly 100 year old house’s sewer line needed replacing. We were told, by the City of Geneva, about a trenchless... option. The only digging was a 2’x 4’ hole in my basement. All roots & debris were cleared and steam was used to cure a new lining in the existing clay pipe. The team was extremely knowledgeable and professional, working very hard and completing the process in one day.Well done, American Trenchless.read more

james manfre
23:48 17 Feb 21
Mark and his crew are the greatest! I would recommend them to anyone who has plumbing issues..Honest, prompt and treats... your problem like his own. Great crew of guys too!!!read more


Ken Boyle
23:01 07 Jun 20
A impressive company. My sewer is 50 plus years old and was blocked. I called and the service rep showed up quickly to... run a camera thru and give me an estimate. Tree roots had blocked approx 60% of the sewer in multiple locations. They scheduled someone to clean it out using a hydro jet and it was done quickly and professionally. A camera allowed me to see the before and after and everything was explained in detail. This put me back in business. A week later a crew of four arrived to line my sewer. They were very professional and helpful in explaining the process to me. There were two sections of of 30' clay pipe each that needed to be lined. It took most of a full work day and they worked hard. They used steam to cure the new lining and therefore everything was done by the end of the day. I would highly recommend the company and staff to anyone who asks.read more

Sescoe Isaacs
21:40 22 Apr 20
American Trenchless was awesome to work with they gave me a great price compared to all the other estimates I... received to replace my old sewer pipe with the Trenchless technology.The installation guys were hard workers, very professional and courteous. Plus the clean up after the project was complete was very good I would recommend this company to anyone they were really good at what the do.read more


Csilla M. Fisher
23:47 07 Mar 19
Highly recommended. Mark and team (Omar, Derek, Tom) have been easy to work with, very reliable, professional and... thorough. I loved the fact that my yard didn’t need to be dug up - Trenchless is the way to go. Also, great back office support.read more

Leigh
21:35 01 Feb 19
Mark was incredible to work with. He was extremely diligent in identifying and solving our sewer problem. We recommend... him explicitly!read more

Glenn Weyer
22:40 06 Sep 18
The lead installers Jacob and Andy we're outstanding!! Highly professional!!

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