Sox 35th Station

The canopy structure is part of the 35th street bridge that crosses over a major expressway in Chicago and connects the Chicago White Sox baseball park with the internationally renowned Illinois Institute of Technology. The 86 tons of hot-dip galvanized steel are comprised of inverted ''L'' vertical struts and interconnecting tube girts and used to support the fiberglass roof panels of the canopy.

The selection of hot-dip galvanized coating was made easy by the desire to have a simplistic uniform coating that could withstand the substantial level and use of road salts during the snowy winters. The Chicago Transit Authority has become a huge proponent of zinc coatings for both the aesthetic and consistent appearance of the coating and for the substantial cost savings delivered because of the maintenance-free nature of galvanizing.