Kinzie Street railroad bridge
The Chicago and North Western Railway's Kinzie Street railroad bridge (also known as the Carroll Avenue bridge) is a bascule bridge across the north branch of the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, Illinois. When it opened in 1908, it was the world's longest and heaviest bascule bridge.[1]
| Other name(s) | Carroll Avenue bridge |
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| Design | bascule bridge |
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| Construction start | December 1907 |
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The Chicago Sun-Times was the last railroad customer to the east of the bridge. They moved their printing plant out of downtown Chicago in 2000. The bridge has been unused since then. It was designated a Chicago Landmark in 2007.
Kinzie Street Railroad Bridge Media
- Out from the Darkness- An Autobiography Unfolding the Life Story and Singular Vicissitudes of a Scandinavian Bartimǽus (1890) (14765983255).jpg
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- Wolf Point 1893.jpg
Bird's-eye view of Wolf Point viewed from the east as it appeared in 1893. The 1879–1898 swing bridge is visible in the top right of the drawing.
- Chicago River bridges at Kinzie St 1897.jpg
1897 plan of the North Branch of the Chicago River showing the close proximity of the three bridges at Kinzie Street, and the obstruction that they created in the river
Schematic of Kinzie Street railroad bridge
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