Loomis Street Bridge - Chicago, IL - Bridge Date Stones and Plaques on Waymarking.com

This bronze marker is imbedded in the south east corner of the bridge. It reads:

Loomis Street Bridge
1976
City of Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Mayor

Marshall Suloway
Commissioner of Public Works

George Eng
Deputy Commissioner
Bureau of Construction

Louis Kongza
Chief Engineer

Jerome R. Butler, Jr.
City Architect

Henry Ecale
Chief Bridge Engineer

Solomon Libman
Project Manager


This bascule bridge was built in 1976 and restored just this year in 2020. According to a different plaque on the bridge tender house, this bridge won an award for “Most Beautiful Bridge – Movable Span” from the American Institute of Steel Construction in 1978.

According to HistoricBridges.org, this is the third bridge on this site.

"The first documented bridge at this location was a 200 foot long 30 foot wide hand-turned iron swing bridge built in 1889 by Shailer and Schniglau. The next bridge at the location (and the one prior to the existing bridge) was a 1904 Scherzer rolling lift bascule bridge built by Jackson and Corbett Company and 267.5 feet long." (visit link)

Date built or dedicated as indicated on the date stone or plaque.: 1976 Date stone, plaque location.: Southeast side of the bridge Road, body of water, land feature, etc. that the bridge spans.: On Loomis Street over the south branch of the Chicago River. Allows pedestrian, bike, and vehicular traffic. Website (if available): Not listed Parking (safe parking location): Not Listed

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