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LA SALLE STREET BRIDGE #1
Marshall Suloway Bridge
- La Salle Street Bridge
1928
Chicago Tribune December 20, 1928
An important new loop traffic outlet to the north will be opened at noon today when the new La Salle street bridge, linking the thoroughfare across the Chicago river, is formally dedicated and thrown open for vehicular use.
City officials have arranged a celebration starting with a parade at 11:30 a. m. from Grant park to the bridge, and a ribbon cutting ceremony there at noon, followed by a luncheon and speaking program at the Hotel Sherman. Mayor Thompson will lead the parade and be the principal speaker at the luncheon. The program was arranged by Commissioner of Public Works Richard W. Wolfe.
Electric signs announcing the opening last night were swung from the top of the bridge, lifted to display them. Flags and bunting decorated the bridge houses and buildings along La Salle street and Wacker drive.
The new span, which is of the bascule type, and the viaduct over the C. & N. W. tracks at the north approach, was built at a cost of $2,000,000.
- LA SALLE STREET BRIDGE OPENED TO PUBLIC WITH ELABORATE CEREMONY.
Left to right: Sam Golan, Karl Eitel, Richard W. Wolfe, commissioner of public works; Mayor William Hale Thompson, who cut the restraining ribbon, and Charles Agnew, harbormaster.
- New types of bridge covering have been developed since the advent of heavy automobile traffic. This particular kind is made up of asphalt planks laid diagonally.
- La Salle Street Bridge
Engineering Drawings
1926-1927
Chicago Tribune, December 20, 1928
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