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Pages in category "Double-decker bridges" The following 51 pages are in this category, out of 51 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
Portage Canal Lift Bridge (abandoned railway and roadway) Carlton Bridge (abandoned roadway and railway) Kansas City Highline Bridge (two levels of railway) 5-in-1 Bridge, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (two levels of roadway above a Cedar River dam) Eads Bridge (roadway and railway) Multilevel streets in Chicago. Columbus Drive; Lake Shore Drive; Michigan ...
The Girard Point Bridge is a double-decked cantilevered truss bridge carrying Interstate 95 across the Schuylkill River in the American city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The bridge was opened in 1973. [2] It is the last crossing of the Schuylkill River, which empties into the Delaware River less than half a mile downstream. It is crossed by ...
The $6.305 million Fort Pitt Bridge, designed by George S. Richardson of Richardson, Gordon, & Associates, opened at 11 a.m. on June 19, 1959, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony by Gov. David L. Lawrence before a caravan, including Mayor Thomas Gallagher and mayoral candidate Joseph M. Barr, was driven across while a city fireboat gave a hose salute upriver. [2]
The original single-deck structure was built for the Henry Hudson Parkway Authority by the American Bridge Company at a cost of $4.949 million and opened on December 12, 1936. [4] [10] The upper level of the bridge was designed to be added at a later date and opened on May 7, 1938. [11] The second deck cost $2 million and was funded by toll ...
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 George Washington Bridge is a double-decked suspension bridge spanning the Hudson River, connecting Fort Lee in Bergen County, New Jersey, with the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. It is named after George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States and the country's first president.
The American Bridge Company built the superstructure and Bethlehem Steel provided the structural steel. The Portage Lake Lift Bridge at night from north of Hancock, MI. The original 1959 design by Hazelet and Erdal of Chicago of the bridge's liftspan had roadways constructed on both levels with rails embedded in the road surface on the lower deck.