Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1920-05-28 | Page 7 | Chicago Opens its New Boulevard Bridge

Chicago Opens Its Nev-7 Boulevard Bridge s A N ' i t tc- x , j si x, 1- a T C " 1 After a delay of twenty years, an expenditure of over ten million dollars and more than o'.VXHl lawsuits and compromises, Chicago celebrated the formal opening of the new double-decked bascule bridge linking the north and south end of Michigan boulevard, thereby giving the city one of the longest and most beautiful drives in the world. Over 10,1)00 automobiles decorated with flowers crossed the bridge shortly after it was declared open by Mayor Thompson.