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Answers to Questions 1,2,3,4,5,6 posted with the question below
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Question 7 - February 19, 2012 -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
A "Y" can be seen incorporated into many Chicago bridges (and other things). What's it called, what does it symbolize, and when was it first used?
Answer:
The "Y" symbolizes the Chicago River - the Main Stem splitting to the North and south Branches at Wolf Point. It first appeared in 1893 as a part of the Columbian Exposition. It is called the "muncipal device."
Question 6 - February 12, 2012 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Which bridge was used as a musical instrument in 2007?
Answer:
The Clark St. Bridge on October 6, 2007 (details)
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Question 5 - February 5, 2012 --------------------------------------------------------------------------
Which two bridges will mark 90th anniversaries this year?
Answer:
Feb 11th, N. Wells St.; Nov 29th, W. Madison St.
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Question 4 - January 29, 2012 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
There are 18 bridges between N. Lake Shore Drive and W. Van Buren St.
How many bridgehouses (total) are there at these 18 bridges?
Answer:
I count 38: 3 bridges w/ 4 houses; 4 bridges w/ 1 house; 11 bridges w/ 2 houses
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Question 3 - January 21, 2012 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arrange the four double-decked, downtown bascules in chronological order (oldest to newest).
During what decade was the last deck completed?
Answer:
W. Lake St. (1916); N. Michigan Ave. (DuSable - 1920); N. Wells St. (1922); N. Lake Shore Dr. (1937)
The second deck at Lake Shore Dr. was completed in the 1980's when the "S" curve was removed.
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Question 2 - January 15, 2012 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Between 1890 and 1910 two bascule designs - the fixed trunnion and the rolling lift - competed to be Chicago's "modern" movable bridge.
The fixed trunnion won the competition, but rolling lift bridges preceded their modern counterparts at four downtown locations -
two on the South Branch and two on the Main Branch.
Which four downtown crossings had rolling lift bascules? (hint: the replacement process began in 1949)
Answer:
W. Van Buren St. (RL-1894; Current-1956); N. State St. (RL-1902; Current-1949);
W. Randolph St. (RL-1903; Current-1984); N. Dearborn St. (RL-1907; Current-1963)
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Question 1 - January 8, 2012 -----------------------------------------------------------------------
There are six photographs shown below. Each of these pictures was taken of a piece or near one of the eighteen Chicago Loop Bridges.
Match the picture to the appropriate bridge.
Answer: below each photo
(Explore the bridges w/ mobile phone friendly photos)
Photograph 1 - The roof detail of the W. Adams St. bridgehouses.
Bridge dedicated in 1927.
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Photograph 2 - Railing light on the W. Monroe St. bridge.
Bridge dedicated in 1919.
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Photograph 3 - This plaque is located behind the sidewalk rail of Wacker Dr,
near the east house of the W. Lake St. bridge, dedicated in 1916.
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Photograph 4 - Ornamentation on the roof of the La Salle St. bridgehouses.
Bridge dedicated in 1928.
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Photograph 5 - Bridgehouse detail of the W. Washington Blvd. bridge.
Bridge dedicated in 1913.
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Photograph 6 - Plaque from installed on the NE corner of the N. Dearborn St. bridge.
Bridge dedicated in 1963.
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