Chicago River Bridges | South Branch Bridges | North Branch Bridges | Main Channel Bridges
Listed below are all the bridges that were built on the North Branch of the Chicago River from Kinzie Street to Fullerton Avenue.
During the time span of 1832 to present there were 37 bridges built.
Chicago River’s North Branch in 1898
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NORTH BRANCH BRIDGES
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Street
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Opened
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Closed
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Type
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Power
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Builder
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Cost
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1832
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1839
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Wood, Fixed, Bent
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NA
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Samuel Miller
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Unknown
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1839
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1849
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Wood, Pontoon Swing
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Hand
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L. Price & R. Freeman
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Unknown
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1849
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1859
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Wood, Pontoon Turntable
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Hand
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Derastus Harper
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$1,276
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1859
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1870
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Wood, Swing
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Hand
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Newton Chapin
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$15,000
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1870
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1907
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Wood & Iron, Swing
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Hand
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Fox & Howard
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$15,850
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1909
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NA
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Steel, Chicago Double-Leaf Bascule
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Electric
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John J. Gallery
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$199,750
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Grand #1
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1869
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1910
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Wood & Iron, Swing
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Hand
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Fox & Howard
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$48,800
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Grand #2
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1913
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NA
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Steel, Chicago Double-Leaf Bascule
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Electric
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Strobel Steel Co
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$195,141
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Ohio #1
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1961
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NA
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Steel, Chicago Double-Leaf Bascule
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Electric
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Strobel Steel Co
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$195,141
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1856
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1871
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Wood, Pontoon Swing
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Hand
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Unknown
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$5,000
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1871
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1908
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Wood, Swing
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Hand
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Fox & Howard
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$30,000
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1910
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1971
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Steel, Chicago Double-Leaf Bascule
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Electric
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King Bridge Co
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$216,000
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1849
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1867
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Wood, Bent
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Hand
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Unknown
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Unknown
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1867
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1871
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Wood & Iron, Swing
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Hand
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Fox & Howard
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$26,700
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1872
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1911
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Wood & Iron, Swing
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Hand
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Fox & Howard
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$20,850
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1914
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NA
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Steel, Chicago Double-Leaf Bascule
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Electric
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Ketler-Elliott
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$294,827
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Pearson #1
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~1836
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1840
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Wood, Bent
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Fixed
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Union #1
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~1836
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1840
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Wood, Bent
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Fixed
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Halsted (River) #1
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1866
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1877
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Swing, Wood
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Hand
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Fox & Howard
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$7,000
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Halsted (River) #2
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1877
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1896
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Wood & Iron, Swing
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Hand
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W. B. Howard
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$14,680
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Halsted (River) #3
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1897
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1955
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Steel, Scherzer Rolling Lift, Double Bascule
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Electric
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King Bridge Co
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$114,000
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Halsted (River) #4
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1955
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NA
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Steel, Chicago Double-Leaf Bascule
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Electric
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Overland Construction
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$3,300,000
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Halsted (Canal) #1
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1874
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1907
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Iron, Swing
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Hand
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Fox & Howard
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$29,945
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Halsted (Canal) #2
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1908
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2010
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Steel, Chicago Double-Leaf Bascule
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Electric
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J. E. Roemheld
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$247,983
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Halsted (Canal) #3
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2012
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NA
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Steel, Arch Suspension
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Fixed
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Walsh Construction
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$13,097,568
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Ogden #1
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1908
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1933
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Steel, Pontoon Swing
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Electric
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City day labor
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$200,000
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Ogden #2
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1932
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1993
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Steel, Chicago Double-Leaf Bascule
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Electric
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Great Lakes Dredge & Dock
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$4,600,000
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Division (River) #1
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1869
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1902
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Wood & Iron, Swing
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Hand
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Fox & Howard
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$15,795
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Division (River) #2
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1904
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NA
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Steel, Chicago Double-Leaf Bascule
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Electric
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J. E. Roemheld
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$256,315
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Division (Canal) #1
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1870
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1900
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Wood & Iron, Swing
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Hand
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Fox & Howard
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$17,700
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Division (Canal) #2
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1903
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2014
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Steel, Chicago Double-Leaf Bascule
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Electric
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Roenheld & Gallery
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$194,150
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Blackhawk #1
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1902
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1910
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Wood & Iron, Swing
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Hand
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Fox & Howard
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Unknown
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Weed #1
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1891
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1899
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Iron & Steel, Harmon Folding Lift
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Hand
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Shailer & Schniglau
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$8,296
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Weed #2
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1905
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1910
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Wood, Pontoon Swing
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Hand
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Jackson & Corbett
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Unknown
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North #1
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1858
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1865
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Wood, Pontoon Swing
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Hand
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City of Chicago
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$3,000
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North #2
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1866
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1877
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Wood, Swing
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Hand
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Newton Chapin
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$3,700
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North #3
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1877
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1906
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Wood & Iron, Swing
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Hand
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Conro & Carkin
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$7,149
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North #4
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1907
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2006
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Steel, Chicago Double-Leaf Bascule
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Electric
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Roenheld & Gallery
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$196,964
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North #5
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2008
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NA
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Cable-Stay Suspension
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Fixed
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McHugh Construction
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$21,400,000
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Courtland #1
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~1849
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1859
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Wood, Bent
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Fixed
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Courtland #2
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1859
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1862
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Wood, Bent
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Fixed
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Unknown
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Unknown
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Courtland #3
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1862
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1873
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Wood, Pivot
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Hand
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Fox & Howard
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$2,000
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Courtland #4
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1873
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1900
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Wood, Swing
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Hand
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Fox & Howard
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$13,700
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Courtland #5
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1902
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NA
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Steel, Chicago Double-Leaf Bascule
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Electric
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American Bridge Co
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$152,911
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Webster #1
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1889
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1914
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Iron, Swing
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Hand
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Fox & Howard
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$11,500
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Webster #2
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1916
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NA
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Steel, Chicago Double-Leaf Bascule
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Electric
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Ketler-Elliott
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$285,558
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N. Ashland #1
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1936
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NA
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Steel, Chicago Double-Leaf Bascule
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Electric
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Ketler-Elliott
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$1,700,000
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Fullerton #1
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1874
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1877
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Iron
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Fixed
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Fox & Howard
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$5,000
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Fullerton #2
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1877
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1894
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Wood & Iron, Swing
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Hand
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I. W. Lavin Co
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$7,444
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Fullerton #4
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1895
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1960
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Steel, Swing
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Electric
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Chicago Bridge & Iron
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$27,753
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Fullerton #5
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1921
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NA
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Steel & Concrete
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Fixed
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Wm. E. Sweitzer
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$1,350,000
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Division Street Bridge #1, Looking North
1902
Erie Street Bridge #3
1914
Weed Street Bridge #1
Folding Lift Bridge (Jackknife)
Scientific American
September 12, 1891
Weed Street Bridge #1
W, Harmon Folding Lift Bridge (Jackknife) Patent
U.S. Patent No. 383,880
June 5, 1888
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