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1. BP Bridge, aerial view during construction, ca. December 3, 2003 BP Bridge, aerial view during construction, ca. December 3, 2003 Streets; Tennis courts; Automobiles; Construction equipment; Structural frames; Boxes; An aerial view of the BP Bridge under construction. Taken in December 2003, seven months before Millennium Park opened, the span across Columbus Drive is in place and the substructure for the stainless...
2. BP Bridge, aerial view during construction, March 11, 2004 BP Bridge, aerial view during construction, March 11, 2004 Streets; Automobiles; Structural frames; Tennis courts; Trees; Construction equipment; Scaffolding; An aerial view of the BP Bridge under construction less than three months before its completion. In this photograph most of the stainless steel shingles have been installed and part of the Pau Lope deck...
3. BP Bridge, concrete foundation ramp, September 12, 2003 BP Bridge, concrete foundation ramp, September 12, 2003 Flags; Construction workers; Ladders; Skyscrapers; View of the partially completed concrete foundation ramp. The top of Harbor Place can be seen in the background.
4. BP Bridge, installing the micropiles, June 6, 2003 BP Bridge, installing the micropiles, June 6, 2003 Garages; Construction workers; Construction equipment; Pile drivers; Micropiles are drilled into place to support the BP Bridge. The micropiles support the central pier on the median strip of Columbus Drive and extend through the garage to the bed rock below.
5. BP Bridge, installing the shingles, February 13, 2004 BP Bridge, installing the shingles, February 13, 2004 Streets; Structural frames; Hoisting machinery; Construction workers; Flags; Cantilever construction; Skyscrapers; Snow; Surveying equipment; Looking west across Columbus Drive toward the BP Bridge, where the installation of the stainless steel shingles, or "scales", is taking place. The trellis and headdress of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion and...
6. BP Bridge, installing the shingles, February 13, 2004 BP Bridge, installing the shingles, February 13, 2004 Streets; Structural frames; Construction workers; Hoisting machinery; Snow; Skyscrapers; Ladders; Surveying equipment; Looking southwest across Columbus Drive toward the BP Bridge, where the installation of the stainless steel shingles, or "scales", is taking place. The trellis of the Jay Pritzker Pavilion and the Michigan...
7. BP Bridge, pile-driving rig, May 9, 2003 BP Bridge, pile-driving rig, May 9, 2003 Garages; Ladders; Pile drivers; Machinery used to drill micropiles into place to support the BP Bridge from the garage below. The micropiles support the central pier on the median strip of Columbus Drive and extend through the garage...
8. BP Bridge, rebar, concrete foundation ramp, September 12, 2003 BP Bridge, rebar, concrete foundation ramp, September 12, 2003 Construction workers; Looking east toward Daley Bicentennial Plaza as the construction of the BP Bridge continues. Here, reinforcing bar, or rebar, is in place before a top layer of concrete is added.
9. BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, ca. November 22, 2003 BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, ca. November 22, 2003 Girders; Hoisting machinery; Scaffolding; Construction workers; Fog; Skyscrapers; A crane lifts a box girder into its place on BP Bridge. Columbus Drive was closed to traffic for a 12-hour period as workers installed three box girders making up BP Bridge's span. Two Prudential Plaza...
10. BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 Girders; Construction workers; Streets; Scaffolding; Skyscrapers; Workers prepare a box girder on a truck to be hoisted into place by a crane. The center box girder of BP Bridge's span is already in place at right. Columbus Drive was closed to traffic for a 12-hour period...
11. BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 Girders; Construction workers; Scaffolding; Hoisting machinery; Streets; Skyscrapers; Workers prepare a box girder on a truck to be hoisted into place by a crane. The center box girder of BP Bridge's span is already in place at right. Columbus Drive was closed to traffic for a 12-hour period...
12. BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 Garages; Screw jacks shored up the garage immediately below the BP Bridge to support the 360-ton crane that was used to lift the box girders into place.
13. BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 Garages; Automobiles; Screw jacks shored up the garage immediately below the BP Bridge to support the 360-ton crane that was used to lift the box girders into place.
14. BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 Girders; Construction workers; Streets; Scaffolding; Hoisting machinery; Skyscrapers; A box girder is hoisted from above by a crane. The center box girder of BP Bridge's span is already in place at right. Columbus Drive was closed to traffic for a 12-hour period as workers installed three...
15. BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 Hoisting machinery; Girders; Scaffolding; Streets; A crane lifts a box girder into place onto BP Bridge. Columbus Drive was closed to traffic for a 12-hour period as workers installed three box girders making up BP Bridge's span.
16. BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 Hoisting machinery; Girders; Scaffolding; A crane lifts a box girder into place onto BP Bridge. Columbus Drive was closed to traffic for a 12-hour period as workers installed three box girders making up BP Bridge's span.
17. BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 Girders; Construction workers; Scaffolding; STreets; Hoisting machinery; Skyscrapers; A box girder is hoisted from above by a crane. The center box girder of BP Bridge's span is already in place at right. Columbus Drive was closed to traffic for a 12-hour period as workers installed three...
18. BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 Hoisting machinery; Girders; Scaffolding; Construction workers; Streets; Skyscrapers; On November 22, 2003, Columbus Drive was shut down to traffic in both directions for 12 hours to allow the Bridge’s spans over Columbus Drive to be put into place. Three box girders were hoisted into...
19. BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 Hoisting machinery; Construction workers; Girders; The central box girder is lowered into place on top of a central concrete pier in the median strip of Columbus Drive during a 12-hour period when the busy six-lane road was closed to traffic.
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20. BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 BP Bridge, spanning Columbus Drive, November 22, 2003 Girders; Construction workers; Streets; Hoisting machinery; Scaffolding; Skyscrapers; Fog; The last box girder is hoisted from above by a crane. The center box girder of BP Bridge's span is already in place at right. Columbus Drive was closed to traffic for a 12-hour period as workers installed...
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