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Chasing Chicago's movable bridges (2014)

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by codechicago277

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Surprised the article doesn’t mention the McCormick Bridgehouse Museum. It’s something like $5, and you can see the inside of one of those bridges.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/eUXWfkm8LVuYMDsc7

by nkrisc

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Great photos, many angles and views I haven’t seen myself. I used to have a desk in a corner overlooking the Congress expressway bridge (looking Southeast) and it was always fun to watch them halt traffic to open that one. I loved riding through the post office and over that bridge as a kid, usually on the way to the MSI.
I had a friend with a sailboat when I was young and though I did go sailing with his family sometimes, I wish I had the chance to ride with them while taking it past the bridges.
Another cool bridge to see is the disused rail bridge at the Northern tip of Goose Island. You can see it easily from North Ave. I passed by quite often as a kid and seeing the giant, concrete counterweight suspended up in the air always made me kind of nervous it would crash down as we were passing by.

by thangalin

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Canada's largest single-leaf bascule bridge, on Vancouver Island, is a remarkable and stunning piece of engineering.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_Street_Bridge

by gwbas1c

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I'm curious why the sailboats need to enter and leave once a year? Is it that they are drydocked over the winter?

by Wonnk13

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I don't know what it is about Chicago, but I find I have an insatiable curiosity about everything. I've never thought much about bridges, but when I'm in the loop I just stare at them sometimes. I love the architecture, the parks, the bike lanes it's just too bad it's in Illinois ha!

by alehlopeh

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