The Kinzie Street Bridge is a single-leaf

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built in 1909 that spans the

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in downtown

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, Illinois, United States.

Incidents

In April 1992, rehabilitation work on the pilings for the bridge damaged a freight tunnel located under the Chicago River. The tunnel breach eventually led to the Chicago flood, which flooded the

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with an estimated of water. In August 2004, a

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tour bus passing over the bridge intentionally dumped 800 pounds of human waste through the open metal grate bridge deck into the Chicago River. The waste landed on an architecture tour cruise boat and passengers passing under the bridge at that time.

References

External links

* Bridges in Chicago Truss bridges in the United States Road bridges in Illinois Bascule bridges in the United States {{Chicago-stub