Kinzie Street Bridge
bridge in Chicago that opened in 1909
The Kinzie Street Bridge is a bridge built in 1909 that spans the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States.[1][2]
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In April 1992, remodeling work on the pilings for the bridge damaged a tunnel located under the Chicago River. The tunnel breach eventually led to the Chicago flood, which flooded the Chicago Loop with an estimated 250 million US gallons (1,000,000 m3) of water.[3]
References
change- ↑ "Kinzie St Bridge". Chicago Loop Bridges. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ↑ "Kinzie Street Bridge". Historic Bridges. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
- ↑ "1992 Loop Flood Brings Chaos, Billions In Losses". Chicago: WBBM-TV. April 14, 2007. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved January 11, 2008.