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The Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge (which has been mentioned already) in Duluth.
It functionally connects Park Point with mainland Duluth while allowing large shipping ships in and out.
I would say there is no icon more indicative of Duluth than this bridge. I would hypothesize most people in the Midwest (or maybe even the whole US) could identify the city by a picture of the bridge alone.
The Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge (which has been mentioned already) in Duluth.
It functionally connects Park Point with mainland Duluth while allowing large shipping ships in and out.
I would say there is no icon more indicative of Duluth than this bridge. I would hypothesize most people in the Midwest (or maybe even the whole US) could identify the city by a picture of the bridge alone.
I'm well aware of the Duluth bridge but I think you're a wee bit optimistic in Duluth's national status. I would wager the majority of Americans have never heard of Duluth let alone know it's location or bridge.
Chicago has 52 drawbridges, of which 43 of them are still operating today.
20 of the operating bridges are lined up one after another in a two mile stretch downtown along Wacker Drive. It's fairly entertaining to watch them open and close all lined up with the sailboats parading through a few times a week.
Blues Brothers movie (1980, filmed in 1979) has a great scene with their old beat up
ex-police car jumping ovef one of Chicago’s drawbridges. One of the best scenes.
The movie was set in Chicago and actually shot on location in Chicago
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I'm well aware of the Duluth bridge but I think you're a wee bit optimistic in Duluth's national status. I would wager the majority of Americans have never heard of Duluth let alone know it's location or bridge.
It is a cool bridge though!
I've heard of Duluth, but as predicted, I have never heard of the bridge and would never know that the bridge belongs to Duluth if I saw a picture. But I just looked at it, and now I know! Neat bridge!
ETA: Born, grew up, and have always lived on the East Coast.
The Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge (which has been mentioned already) in Duluth.
It functionally connects Park Point with mainland Duluth while allowing large shipping ships in and out.
I would say there is no icon more indicative of Duluth than this bridge. I would hypothesize most people in the Midwest (or maybe even the whole US) could identify the city by a picture of the bridge alone.
I've heard of Duluth, and in fact I even drove through it once on I-35. I'd never heard of the Aerial Lift Bridge before now and don't recall seeing it when I drove through. Not sure how I missed it, because it's a cool looking bridge and I would have thought I would have remembered something like that.
What struck me about Duluth was that I-35 was built below-grade through the city, and thus wouldn't block off the city from the lakefront. I thought that this was a good engineering practice that should be more widely used in other cities.
I've heard of Duluth, and in fact I even drove through it once on I-35. I'd never heard of the Aerial Lift Bridge before now and don't recall seeing it when I drove through. Not sure how I missed it, because it's a cool looking bridge and I would have thought I would have remembered something like that.
What struck me about Duluth was that I-35 was built below-grade through the city, and thus wouldn't block off the city from the lakefront. I thought that this was a good engineering practice that should be more widely used in other cities.
I suppose I over-estimated people's knowledge of the bridge. I originally thought it was synonymous with the city, but I stand corrected.
This effort for the I-35 tunnel was definitely concerted by opponents of the construction plan originally intended to cut through the city as interstate normally do.
There are two lift bridges between Philadelphia and New Jersey.
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Neat bridge!
