Kinzie bridge Chicago IL | Chicago Epic

The Chicago and North Western Railway’s Kinzie Street railroad bridge (also known as the Carroll Avenue bridge or the Chicago and North Western Railroad Bridge) is a single leaf bascule bridge across the north branch of the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, Illinois. At the time of its opening in 1908 it was the world’s longest and heaviest bascule bridge. The previous bridges on the same site included a pedestrian span that was the first bridge across the Chicago River; a second bridge that se

In the middle of downtown Chicago, a massive steel bridge stands permanently upright—rusted, silent, and seemingly useless. But the Kinzie Street Railroad Bridge wasn’t always a relic. Once, it was a triumph of early 20th-century engineering—built by the same mind behind the Golden Gate Bridge—and a key artery in Chicago’s freight empire. This episode uncovers how the city that once moved America’s goods came to abandon one of its most advanced structures. From the dawn of Chicago’s railroad age

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