State Street Bridge (Chicago)

State Street Bridge
State Street Bridge
	The bridge in 2008
Coordinates	41°53′15″N 87°37′41″W / 41.88754°N 87.627994°W
History
Construction start	1939
Construction end	1949
Location

The Bataan-Corregidor Memorial Bridge, also known as the State Street Bridge, is a bridge that carries State Street across the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States.^[1]

History

The current bridge was started in 1939,^[2] but material shortages in World War II caused a delay in completion until 1949.^[3]

Postcard of bridge circa 1901
Postcard of the bridge circa 1908
The current bridge with its bascule span open for river traffic

References

^ "Bataan-Corregidor Memorial Bridge in Chicago (State Street Bridge)". Presidential Broadcast Staff. 4 May 2015. Archived from the original on 13 June 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
^ "N State St Bridge, Chicago, IL (1)". chicagoloopbridges.com. Archived from the original on 2017-07-24. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
^ "State Street Bridge". Bridgehunter.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2017-08-05.

External links

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[1] "Bataan-Corregidor Memorial Bridge in Chicago (State Street Bridge)". Presidential Broadcast Staff. 4 May 2015. Archived from the original on 13 June 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2015.

[2] "N State St Bridge, Chicago, IL (1)". chicagoloopbridges.com. Archived from the original on 2017-07-24. Retrieved 2017-08-05.

[3] "State Street Bridge". Bridgehunter.com. Archived from the original on 2017-08-06. Retrieved 2017-08-05.

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