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Dearborn Street Bridge Construction Site, 1960

 

 

 

Dearborn Street Bridge Construction Site, 1960

By early 1960, the old Dearborn Street Bridge had been demolished. Workers had "dewatered" the area on which the new bridge supports would be constructed, seen here along Wacker Drive with Michigan Avenue in the background to the east.