The Michigan Avenue Bridge, seen from the east along the river
The Michigan Avenue Bridge is a bascule bridge that carries Michigan Avenue across the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, Illinois. Download high resolution version (1984x1488, 800 KB) Upper and Lower Michigan Avenue can both be seen in this bridge crossing the Chicago River. ... Download high resolution version (1984x1488, 800 KB) Upper and Lower Michigan Avenue can both be seen in this bridge crossing the Chicago River. ... {{BridgeTypePix| |type_name= Bascule bridge |image=MovableBridge_draw. ... Michigan Avenue refers to remnants of Old U.S. Highway 12 that ran from downtown Detroit to Chicago. ... Downtown buildings line the Chicago River The Chicago River is 156 miles (251 km) long, and flows through downtown Chicago, Illinois. ... Nickname: The Windy City Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Official website: http://egov. ...
The bridge was built in 1920 as two parallel bridges that operate independently of one another. It is one of the first examples of a fixed trunnion bascule bridge, which later became widely known as a "Chicago style bascule". When it was completed it was the main link between the north side and downtown. It is a double-deck double-leaf bascule with a main span length of 220 feet.
MichiganAvenue is a north-south road in Chicago, Illinois.
In the late 1910s, MichiganAvenue was raised one level from around Randolph Street to Grand Avenue, between which the old road was kept as a lower level.
The new MichiganAvenueBridge over the Chicago River, and presumably the rest of the double-decker road, opened in May 1920, and MichiganAvenue became the primary route between the Loop and northern Chicago.
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