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La Salle Street Bridge
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View of the bridge from the Wells Street Bridge
Coordinates 41°53′15″N 87°37′57″W / 41.887484°N 87.632474°W / 41.887484; -87.632474
Carries Automobiles
Pedestrians
Crosses Chicago River
Locale Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
Official name La Salle Street Bridge
Other name(s) Marshall Suloway Bridge
Maintained by Chicago Department of Transportation
ID number 000016603226800
Characteristics
Total length 242 feet (74 m)
Width 86 feet (26 m)
Longest span 220 feet (67 m)
Clearance above 18.7 feet (5.7 m)
History
Designer Donald Becker
Opened 1928
Statistics
Daily traffic 12050

The La Salle Street Bridge (or Marshall Suloway Bridge) is a single-deck double-leaf trunnion bascule bridge spanning the main stem of the Chicago River in Chicago, Illinois, that connects the Near North Side with the Loop area. It was constructed in 1928.

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