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  2. Category:Bridges in Chicago - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 10 October 2023, at 11:04 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.

  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. DuSable Bridge - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  5. La Salle Street Bridge (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  6. 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 ...

  7. 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.

  8. List of bridges on the National Register of Historic Places ...

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    Stone double arch bridge Chain of Rocks Bridge: 1929, 1936 2006-12-01 Madison: Madison: Warren Truss Chicago & North Western Railway Stone Arch Bridge: 1882 1993-08-19 Roscoe: Winnebago: Stone arch bridge Duncan Mills Bridge

  9. St. Charles Air Line Bridge - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

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