MacArthur Bridge (Detroit)
MacArthur Bridge | |
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Detroit, Michigan | |
| Official name | Douglas MacArthur Bridge |
| Other name(s) | Belle Isle Bridge |
| Characteristics | |
| Design | Arch bridge |
| Total length | 2,193 feet (668 m) |
| Width | 85 feet (26 m) |
| Clearance below | 30 feet (9 m) |
| History | |
| Opened | November 1, 1923 |
| Location | |
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The MacArthur Bridge spans the
In 1913, William Edmund Scripps (of the Scripps publishing family), flew a Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company flying boat underneath the original Belle Isle Bridge.[4]
Two sets of streetcar tracks were built into the east side of the bridge but a streetcar route was never implemented.[5] The tracks were eventually paved over in the 1950s.
Photo gallery
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Entering Belle Isle from MacArthur Bridge -
View of bridge from Belle Isle
References
- ^ Austin, Dan (February 18, 2015). "The day it stopped being the Belle Isle Bridge". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ^ "Douglas MacArthur Bridge — Historic Detroit". www.historicdetroit.org. Retrieved December 2, 2016.
- ^ "Douglas MacArthur Bridge". HistoricDetroit.org. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
- ^ http://info.detnews.com/redesign/history/story/historytemplate.cfm?id=77&CFID=11849544&CFTOKEN=67648774[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Belle Isle". www.detroittransithistory.info. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
External links
Media related to MacArthur Bridge (Detroit River) at Wikimedia Commons
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