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La Salle Street Bridge (Chicago)

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and improve access from the Loop to the north side of the river that had been proposed as early as 1902. The design of the bridge, along with those for new bridges at
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area. It was constructed in 1928 at a cost of $ 2,500,000 by the Strobel Steel Constructing Company.
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List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Illinois
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La Salle Street Bridge (Chicago, Illinois)

Wells Street Bridge
Coordinates
41°53′15″N 87°37′57″W / 41.887484°N 87.632474°W / 41.887484; -87.632474
Chicago River
Chicago
Cook County
Illinois
Chicago Department of Transportation
ID number
Clearance above
Daily traffic
Chicago River
Chicago
Near North Side
Loop
LaSalle Street
Madison Street
Clark Street
Chicago City Council
Chicago Department of Public Works
Marshall Suloway
List of bridges documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in Illinois
"NBI Structure Number: 000016603226800"
the original
"Chicago River Bascule Bridge, LaSalle Street"
"Marshall Suloway, 1921–2012: Engineer with hand in expressways, O'Hare"
The Chicago Tribune

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