Madison Street Bridge (Chicago)

Madison Street Bridge
Madison Street Bridge
	The bridge with one of its two bascule spans partially raised
Coordinates	41°52′55″N87°38′18″W / 41.881897°N 87.638195°W
Location

Last updated April 17, 2025

The Madison Street Bridge, also known as the Lyric Opera Bridge, is a 1922 bascule bridge that spans the South Branch of the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States.^[1]

References

↑ Wronski, Richard (June 28, 2011). "Metra riders to be cut off from Madison bridge". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2015.

External links

Media related to Lyric Opera Bridge (1922) at Wikimedia Commons
Madison Street Bridge, Chicago, 1927, printed 1950s, Art Institute of Chicago

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[1] Wronski, Richard (June 28, 2011). "Metra riders to be cut off from Madison bridge". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved June 12, 2015.

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