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Carrying Michigan Avenue across the main branch of the Chicago River, the DuSable Bridge is one of the most photographed crossings in the city and a pivotal point in its growth. Opened to traffic in 1920 as the Michigan Avenue Bridge, it is a double-deck bascule bridge, the so-called Chicago style, whose two leaves can be raised to let tall vessels pass; its completion turned the old Pine Street into the grand boulevard now known as the Magnificent Mile. The bridge was a long time coming. It wa...