BP Pedestrian Bridge
Coordinates: 41°52′58.23″N 87°37′14.26″W / 41.8828417°N 87.6206278°W The BP Pedestrian Bridge, or simply BP Bridge, is a girder footbridge in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It spans from Columbus Drive to connect Grant Park with Millennium Park. It was designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry. It opened along with the rest of Millennium Park on July 16, 2004.[1]
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| Design | girder bridge |
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| Construction end | May 22, 2004 |
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BP Pedestrian Bridge Media
Gehry designed both the bridge and Jay Pritzker Pavilion with curving stainless steel plates.
The bridge is a noise barrier along the eastern edge of Millennium Park, with the Historic Michigan Boulevard District in the background.
Crossing Columbus Drive, the bridge is supported by a central concrete column. (from Randolph Street)
Pictured: The stainless steel plates comprising the bridge's exterior
The deck is covered with 2,000 Brazilian hardwood floor boards.
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References
- ↑ "Category: Intensive Industrial/Commercial". Green Roofs for Healthy Cities. 2005. Archived from the original on 8 June 2008. Retrieved May 30, 2008.
Other websites
Media related to BP Pedestrian Bridge at Wikimedia Commons
- City of Chicago Millennium Park
- Millennium Park map Archived 2017-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
- City of Chicago Loop Community Map
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