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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 ...
Sky Ride. / 41.860916; -87.611525. The Sky Ride was an attraction built for the Century of Progress 1933 World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois. It was a transporter bridge (with a design similar to an aerial tramway or gondola lift) designed by the bridge engineering firm Robinson & Steinman that ferried people across the lagoon, Burnham Harbor, in ...
West Ridge, Chicago. / 42.000°N 87.6900°W / 42.000; -87.6900. West Ridge is one of 77 Chicago community areas. It is a middle-class neighborhood located on the far North Side of the City of Chicago. It is located in the 50th ward and the 40th ward . Today West Ridge is one of Chicago's better off communities, filled with multi-ethnic ...
65 feet (20 m) History. Construction cost. $45 million [1] (equivalent to $120 million in 2023 dollars) Opened. May 24, 1982. Location. The Seven Mile Bridge is a bridge in the Florida Keys, in Monroe County, Florida, United States. It connects Knight's Key (part of the city of Marathon, Florida) in the Middle Keys to Little Duck Key in the ...
The Senegambia bridge, also known as the Trans-Gambia Bridge, is a bridge in The Gambia that carries the Trans-Gambia Highway connecting northern and southern Gambia. It also provides access to the isolated Casamance province from the rest of Senegal. A bridge had been proposed for this location in 1956 but political considerations delayed ...
12050 [1] Location. 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 ...
E. H. Bennett. Opened. February 11, 1922. Rebuilt. 2012-2013. Location. The Wells Street Bridge is a bascule bridge over the Chicago River, in downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States, which was built in 1922. Standing east of the Franklin Street Bridge and southeast of the Merchandise Mart, the bridge connects the Near North Side with "The ...
September 4, 1913 [3] Construction end. July 30, 1914 [3] Statistics. Daily traffic. Nearly 100 trains [4] Location. 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.