1. N. Lake Shore Drive Bridge
Quick Facts
- Date Opened:October 5, 1937
- Designers: Strauss Engineering Company and Hugh Young
- Classification: Double Deck (Auto/Auto); Deck Trusses
- Group Age Ranking: 13th Oldest
- Clear Span: 220 feet (3rd longest – tied w/ North Michigan; North La Salle; North Franklin-Orleans)
- Trunnion-to-Trunnion Span: 264 feet (3rd longest)
- Width: 108 feet (2nd widest – tied w/ North State)
- Leaf Weight: 6,420 tons – largest in the group
- Height above the Water: 25 feet
- Average Daily Foot Traffic (1999): NA
- Average Daily Vehicular Traffic (2006): 112,000 (highest traffic volume of the group)
- Annual Lifts (2006): 49
- Last Rehabilitated: 1987
- Cultural: None
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