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Learn how Chicago-style bascule bridges work by viewing three famous bridge lifts, including the DuSable Bridge, and explore how the Chicago River shaped the city's bustling 19th-century port.
The stunning architecture and skyscrapers give us plenty of reasons to look up, but next time you cross the river along Michigan Avenue, State Street, Wells Street or Wabash Avenue, look down. You’re walking on one of five different types of movable bridges found in Chicago.
19 Δεκ 2019 · Many of the city’s landmarks are bridges, we’ve had bridge design competitions, and famous architects construct striking designs. While the industrial bridges of the 1920s might be what we’re...
12 Αυγ 2006 · "The design illustrated herewith shows a form of movable bridge which has been proposed by the Strauss Bascule Bridge Company for the span to be built across the Chicago River at Michigan Avenue, Chicago, connecting the North and South Side Boulevards.
11 Μαΐ 2020 · Chapters three through seven address the history of covered bridges, engineering and design, the development of trusses in covered bridge construction, a history of builders and construction practice and recommendations for their preservation.
The Covered Bridge at Lake of the Woods: History, Design and Construction by Sudarshan Krishnan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Structures University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 102nd Annual Illinois Transportation and Highway Engineering T.H.E. Conference, Champaign, IL 02.23.2016
Original plans and construction: The Chicago Avenue Bridge over the North Branch of the Chicago River was built as a double-leaf counter-balanced trunnion bascule span.
