Outer Drive Bridge Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Bridge | |
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 The double-decker Outer Drive Bridge across the Chicago River | |
| Coordinates | 41°53′18.3″N 87°36′50.6″W / 41.888417°N 87.614056°W |
| Carries | Motor vehicles, cyclists, pedestrians on Chicago Lakefront Trail and Lake Shore Drive |
| Crosses | Chicago River |
| Locale | Chicago |
| Official name | Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Bridge |
| Named for | Centennial anniversary of Franklin D. Roosevelt's birth |
| Owner | City of Chicago |
| Maintained by | Chicago Department of Transportation |
| ID number | 16603027328 |
| Preceded by | Chicago Harbor Lock |
| Followed by | Columbus Drive (William P. Fahey) Bridge |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Double-leaf, double-deck, fixed counterweight, trunnion bascule bridge |
| Material | Steel |
| Total length | 356 feet (109 m) |
| Width | 80.7 feet (24.6 m) |
| Longest span | 264 feet (80 m) |
| No. of spans | 1 main span and 3 approach spans |
| History | |
| Designer | Joseph Strauss |
| Engineering design by | City of Chicago |
| Constructed by | Ketler-Elliott Company |
| Construction start | 1929 |
| Construction end | 1937 |
| Inaugurated | 5 October 1937 |
| Rebuilt | 1987 |
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The Outer Drive Bridge, also known as the Link Bridge, is a double-deck bascule bridge carrying DuSable Lake Shore Drive across the Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Construction was started in 1929 and was completed in 1937 as one of the Public Works Administration's infrastructure projects in Chicago. Completion of the bridge tied the north and south sections of the "outer" shore roadway, now called DuSable Lake Shore Drive, together. The bridge was officially named the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Bridge in 1982 to honor the centennial anniversary of the birth of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.[1] It was planned by the Chicago Plan Commission, using Hugh E. Young as the consulting engineer, was designed by the Strauss Engineering Company, built by the American Bridge Company, and erected by Ketler and Elliot Company. It crosses near the mouth of the Chicago River.