MacArthur Bridge (Detroit)
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| Carries | 5 lanes of East Grand Blvd. |
| Crosses | Detroit River |
| Locale | Detroit, Michigan and Belle Isle, 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 | September 1, 1923 |
The MacArthur Bridge is a bridge that spans the Detroit River between Detroit, Michigan and Belle Isle. The bridge, which features nineteen total arches across 2,193 feet (668 m), provides main access to Belle Isle. Completed in 1923 for $2,635,000 USD, it replaced a mostly wooden bridge that accidentally caught fire and was destroyed in 1915. The bridge, once known as the Belle Isle Bridge, was later renamed the Douglas MacArthur Bridge after General Douglas MacArthur in 1942. It was restored in 1986 at a cost of $11.5 million.[1]
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.[2]
Photo gallery
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MacArthurBridgeBelleIslesideentry.jpg
Entering Belle Isle from MacArthur Bridge
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MacArthurBridgefromBelleIsle.jpg
View of bridge from Belle Isle.
References
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ http://info.detnews.com/redesign/history/story/historytemplate.cfm?id=77&CFID=11849544&CFTOKEN=67648774
External links
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Crossings of the Detroit River
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