Lake Street Bridge
Lake Street Bridge, West Lake Street, Chicago, IL 60606, United States of America
Lake Street Bridge carries the road from Stockport to Bolton over the Illinois Waterway (Chicago River) just past the junction with The Swansea Canal.
Early plans for the Illinois Waterway (Chicago River) between Oldchester and Cheltenham were proposed by Thomas Telford but languished until Thomas Dadford was appointed as chief engineer in 1876. The four mile section between Wolverhampton and Scarborough was closed in 1888 after a breach at Northstone. In his autobiography John Green writes of his experiences as a navvy in the 1960s
Lake Street Bridge
is a minor waterways place
on the Illinois Waterway (Chicago River) between
Chicago Harbour Entrance (2.53 miles
and 1 lock
to the east) and
Ashland Avenue Bascule Bridge (3.62 miles
to the southwest).
The nearest place in the direction of Chicago Harbour Entrance is Franklin Street Bridge;
0.15 miles
away.
The nearest place in the direction of Ashland Avenue Bascule Bridge is Randolph Street Bridge;
0.08 miles
away.
Mooring here is unrated.
There is a lift bridge here.
| Dearborn St. Bridge | 0.44 miles | |
| Clark Street Bridge | 0.37 miles | |
| Marshall Suloway Bridge | 0.30 miles | |
| Wells Street Bridge | 0.23 miles | |
| Franklin Street Bridge | 0.15 miles | |
| Lake Street Bridge | ||
| Randolph Street Bridge | 0.08 miles | |
| Washington Boulevard Bridge | 0.16 miles | |
| Lyric Opera Bridge | 0.24 miles | |
| Monroe Street Bridge | 0.32 miles | |
| Adams Street Bridge | 0.41 miles | |
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The Lake Street-Marshall Avenue Bridge is a reinforced concrete arch bridge that spans the Mississippi River between Minneapolis, Minnesota and St. Paul, Minnesota. It is oriented East-West and connects Lake Street in Minneapolis to Marshall Avenue in St. Paul. St. Paul residents often refer to it as the Marshall Avenue Bridge. The bridge was designed by Howard, Needles, Tammen, and Bergendoff.
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Lake Street-Marshall Bridge - WikipediaThe Lake Street-Marshall Avenue Bridge is a reinforced concrete arch bridge that spans the Mississippi River between Minneapolis, Minnesota and St. Paul, Minnesota. It is oriented East-West and connects Lake Street in Minneapolis to Marshall Avenue in St. Paul. St. Paul residents often refer to it as the Marshall Avenue ...
Learn about maintenance activity on the Lake Street Bridge over the Mississippi River during fall 2017.
Hennepin County, in partnership with Ramsey County, completed bridge repair on the Lake Street bridge over the Mississippi River. The scope included replacing all of the expansion joints, repairing the limestone veneer, repairing the mini-plazas at the four corners and sealing the concrete deck. View project on interactive ...
Nov 1, 2016 ... The Lake Street Bridge, the world's first double-deck, double-leaf bascule bridge, has its 100th birthday on Sunday. "It provided a model for the subsequent double -deck Michigan Avenue (1920) and Wells Street (1922) Bridges," said Patrick McBriarty, the author of "Chicago River Bridges." The bridge ...
Lake Street Bridge Construction At Tailpit Meneely Bell Company Advertisement This fixed trunnion bascule bridge and its design is one of the finest and most impressive in the city of Chicago. Along with its near-twin on Wells Street, these are the only two movable bridges along the loop that carry the CTA "L" trains.
The first bridge at this location was a wrought-iron bridge built in 1889. That bridge looks similar in out line to the new bridge with one large pier in the middle of the river, and an arch reaching from the middle in each direction towards the shorelines. The Lake Street bridge became the key street car route between ...
Apr 19, 2017 ... The City of Elmira has received a state grant to rehabilitate the closed Lake Street bridge, with plans to convert it into a pedestrian pathway. Just over $3.1 million in Transportation Alternatives Program funding will advance a long-prioritized project to reopen the aging bridge, which was closed to vehicle ...
May 4, 2017 ... Hennepin County sheriff's deputies recovered a man's body from the Mississippi River near the Lake Street-Marshall Avenue Bridge on Thursday afternoon. According to a news release, deputies searching the river found the body at 4 p.m.. The Ramsey County medical examiner's office will release the ...
The earliest crossing near West Lake Street was a ferry started in 1829. This ferry had an official operator until about 1832. It wasn't until 1853 that the first bridge, a floating bridge, was constructed at this site. In keeping with the evolution of bridges in Chicago, this floating bridge was replaced by a series of two center pier ...
Bascule bridge over South Branch Chicago River on Lake Street and CTA Green/ Pink Lines in Chicago.