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By 1916, each day the bridge was crossed by about 300 trains, and was raised for river traffic about 75 times. [7] There are proposals for an additional or replacement bridge at Canal Street to support the full high-speed, high-frequency build out of the St. Louis-Chicago Lincoln Service passenger rail line. [4] [8]
The one-lane bridge carries Robert Parker Coffin Road over Buffalo Creek in Long Grove, a village located 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Chicago, Illinois. [2]: 4 It connects the Long Grove Community Church to the southwest with downtown Long Grove, formed at the road's intersection with Old McHenry Road, to the northeast.
The 2014 Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center fire was an incident in the United States involving arson [1] at an air traffic control facility in Aurora, Illinois [2] (also known as "Chicago Center"); [3] the incident caused close to 2,000 airline flights to be grounded. [4]
The April 2014 Chicago crossover event is a two-part fictional crossover that exists within the Chicago franchise. The event aired on NBC in two one-hour timeslots on consecutive weeknights. It began with "A Dark Day" of Chicago Fire on April 29, 2014, and concluded with "8:30 PM" of Chicago P.D. on April 30, 2014. Both episodes followed a ...
The St. Charles Air Line Bridge is a Strauss Trunnion bascule bridge which spans the Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois. Built as part of the St. Charles Air Line Railroad by the American Bridge Company in 1919, the bridge originally had a span of 260 feet (79 m). This bridge held the world record for longest bascule-type span until 1930, when ...
The bridge raised for sailboats. The Franklin–Orleans Street Bridge, commonly known as the Franklin Street Bridge, is a bascule bridge over the Chicago River, in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was built in October 1920, and is located directly southwest of the Merchandise Mart.
The La Salle Street Bridge (officially the Marshall Suloway Bridge) is a single-deck double-leaf trunnion bascule bridge spanning the main stem of the Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois, [2] that connects the Near North Side with the Loop area. It was constructed in 1928 at a cost of $2,500,000 [3] by the Strobel Steel Constructing Company.
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