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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)
Engineering Drawings
1918 Bridge Tender House Elevation Drawing
1918 Railing Detail and Current photograph
1918 General Elevation Drawings
1918 General Equipment Elevation Drawing
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