Link Bridge
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Link Bridge | |
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The Link Bridge in its open position over the Chicago River |
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Carries | Upper deck: 8 express lanes of US 41 Lower deck: 6 local lanes of US 41, sidewalk |
Crosses | Main Branch of the Chicago River |
Locale | Chicago |
Maintained by | Illinois Department of Transportation |
ID number | 000016603027328[1] |
Design | Double-deck bascule bridge[1] |
Total length | 108.5 metres (356 ft)[1] |
Width | 24.6 metres (81 ft)[1] |
Clearance below | 7.6 metres (25 ft)[1] |
AADT | 111,800[1] |
Opening date | 1937 |
The Link Bridge is the official name of the bridge carrying U.S. Route 41 over the main branch of the Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is designed as a bascule bridge, and is one of only two in the city to have an upper and lower deck.
[edit] History
The Link Bridge was constructed in 1937. At the time of its construction, it was considered to be both the widest and longest bascule bridge in the world.[2]