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  2. Category:Bridges in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Bridges in Chicago" The following 33 pages are in this category, out of 33 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Adams Street Bridge; B.

  3. Cortland Street Drawbridge - Wikipedia

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    When it opened in 1902, on Chicago's north side, it was the first such bridge built in the United States. The bridge was a major advance in American movable bridge engineering, and was the prototype for over 50 additional bridges in Chicago alone. [5] The bridge was designated as an ASCE Civil Engineering Landmark in 1981, and a Chicago ...

  4. Kinzie Street railroad bridge - Wikipedia

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    The Chicago and North Western Railway's Kinzie Street railroad bridge (also known as the Carroll Avenue bridge or the Chicago and North Western Railroad Bridge) is a single leaf bascule bridge across the north branch of the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, Illinois. At the time of its opening in 1908 it was the world's longest and heaviest ...

  5. North Avenue Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The North Avenue Bridge can refer to one of three bridges that has carried North Avenue (Illinois Route 64) over the North Branch of the Chicago River on the north side of Chicago, Illinois. A center-pier swing bridge built in 1877 was replaced in 1907 by a bascule bridge , allowing river traffic more room for maneuvering in and out of the ...

  6. Canal Street railroad bridge - Wikipedia

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    The Canal Street railroad bridge (or Pennsylvania Railroad bridge) is a vertical-lift bridge across the south branch of the Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois. It was designated a Chicago Landmark on December 12, 2007.

  7. BP Pedestrian Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The BP Pedestrian Bridge, or simply BP Bridge, is a girder footbridge in the Loop community area of Chicago, United States.It spans Columbus Drive to connect Maggie Daley Park (formerly, Daley Bicentennial Plaza) with Millennium Park, both parts of the larger Grant Park.

  8. State Street Bridge (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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    The Bataan-Corregidor Memorial Bridge, also known as the State Street Bridge, is a bridge that carries State Street across the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States. [ 1 ] History

  9. Outer Drive Bridge - Wikipedia

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    The bridge in 1950 The bridge in 1987 View of bridge towards the Chicago Harbor Lock and Lake Michigan. This bridge, a public works project during the Great Depression, was designed to ease traffic flow on Michigan Avenue and in the Loop. In 1937 this structure was the longest, widest, and heaviest bascule bridge in the world.