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The DuSable Bridge (formerly the Michigan Avenue Bridge) is a bascule bridge that carries Michigan Avenue across the main stem of the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States. The bridge was proposed in the early 20th century as part of a plan to link Grant Park (downtown) and Lincoln Park (uptown) with a grand boulevard ...
The House of Augustus is well attested in ancient literary sources. Suetonius indicates that Augustus moved into the House of Quintus Hortensius on the Palatine, relocating from his original home in the Roman Forum. [2] Velleius reports that Augustus purchased the land and house of Hortentius in 41–40 BC. [3]
Royal Gorge Bridge: Arkansas River: 1929: Colorado: 900 ft (274.3 m) Mike O'Callaghan–Pat Tillman Memorial Bridge: Colorado River: 2010: Arizona / Nevada: 876 ft (267.0 m) New River Gorge Bridge: New River: 1977: West Virginia: 730 ft (222.5 m) Foresthill Bridge: American River: 1973: California: 700 ft (213.4 m) Glen Canyon Dam Bridge ...
Whoa: 360 meters long (1,181 feet), 50 meters high, over 2,000 years old Not only is the Pont du Gard aqueduct breathtakingly beautiful, it’s also an incredible example of how meticulous Roman ...
Chicago River Bridge, Cermak Road Extant Rolling lift (Scherzer) bascule: 1906 1988 West Cermak Road: South Branch of Chicago River: Chicago: Cook: IL-51: Chicago River Bridge, West Adams Street Extant Simple trunnion bascule: 1926 1987
The Outer Drive Bridge, also known as the Link Bridge, is a double-deck bascule bridge carrying DuSable Lake Shore Drive across the Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Construction was started in 1929 and was completed in 1937 as one of the Public Works Administration 's infrastructure projects in Chicago.
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 Cortland Street Drawbridge (originally known as the Clybourn Place drawbridge) [4] over the Chicago River is the original Chicago-style fixed-trunnion bascule bridge, designed by John Ericson and Edward Wilmann. [3] When it opened in 1902, on Chicago's north side, it was the first such bridge built in the United States.