N. Michigan Avenue
Du Sable Bridge
Original railing detail (1918)
(Courtesy of the Chicago Department of Transportation - Division of Engineering)
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- Dedicated 5/14/1920
- Designers: Thomas G. Pihlfeldt, Hugh E. Young, Edward Bennett
- Classification: Double Deck (Auto/Auto); Deck Trusses
- Clear Span: 220 feet
- Trunnion-to-Trunnion Span: 256 feet
- Width: 92 feet
- Leaf Weight: 4,100 tons
- Height above the Water: 17 feet
- Construction Cost in 1920: $1.8 million
- Average Daily Foot Traffic (1999): 35,909
- Average Daily Vehicular Traffic (2006): 33,000
- Annual Lifts (2006): 58
- Last Rehabilitated: 1993
- Cultural: Movies / TV - The Untouchables (1986), Chain Reaction (1996), Mercury Rising (1997),
- Since You've Been Gone (1998), Three to Tango (1999), Just Visiting (2001),
- Unconditional Love (2001), The Break Up (2005), Lake House (2006),
- Diminished Capacity (2008), ER (1994-2009), Prison Break (2005-2009)
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)
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Current railings on the Du Sable Bridge (©2009 Patricia Armell)
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