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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]
Standing west of the Michigan Avenue Bridge and east of Marina City, the bascule bridge connects the Near North Side with "The Loop" area. The single-deck, double-leaf bascule bridge was designed by Thomas Pihlfeldt and built by the Ketler and Elliot Company. [2] The American Institute of Steel Construction awarded it the "Most Beautiful ...
The Jackson Boulevard Bridge is a Pratt deck truss, fixed-trunnion, bascule bridge that spans the Chicago River at Jackson Boulevard in downtown Chicago. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It was built in 1915 and is 273 feet in length.
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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 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.
Chicago Avenue Bridge Extant Simple trunnion bascule: 1914 1999 Chicago Avenue: North Branch of Chicago River: Chicago: Cook: IL-145: Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge: Extant Cantilever: 1958 2001 Chicago Skyway: Calumet River: Chicago: Cook
The bridge is double-decked, the lower deck carrying three lanes of traffic south over the river with sidewalks on both sides of the street. The upper deck serves as a bridge for the Chicago Transit Authority's Brown and Purple lines. Bridge tenders' houses for controlling the bridge are on the northwest and southeast corners of the bridge.