List of crossings of the Chicago River

This is a list of crossings of the Chicago River. The list proceeds upstream following the modern drainage pattern.

South Branch ImageCrossingLocationOpenedCoordinatesNotesBecomes Chicago Sanitary and Ship CanalDamen AvenueLower West SideAshland AvenueLoomis StreetLower West Side–BridgeportHalsted StreetCermak Road BridgeLower West Side–ChinatownCanal StreetCanal Street Railroad Bridge191418th StreetSt. Charles Air Line BridgeNear West Side–South Loop1919Roosevelt RoadHarrison Street Bridge1960Congress Parkway BridgeIda B. Wells Drive1956Van Buren Street BridgeNear West Side–Chicago Loop1956Jackson Boulevard Bridge1915Adams Street BridgeMonroe Street BridgeMadison Street Bridge (Lyric Opera Bridge)1922Washington Boulevard BridgeRandolph Street BridgeLake Street BridgeCTA Green Line and Pink LineSplits into Main Stem and North Branch

Main Stem ImageCrossingLocationOpenedCoordinatesNotesFranklin Street BridgeRiver North–Chicago Loop1920Wells Street Bridge1922La Salle Street Bridge1928Clark Street Bridge1929Dearborn Street Bridge1962State Street Bridge1949State Street Subway TunnelWabash Avenue Bridge1930DuSable BridgeMichigan Avenue1920Columbus DriveRiver North–StreetervilleOuter Drive Bridge1937Chicago Harbor Lock1938Inflow from Lake Michigan

North Branch

ImageCrossingLocationOpenedCoordinatesNotesKinzie Street Railroad BridgeWest Town–Near North Side1908Kinzie Street Bridge1909Grand Avenue Bridge1913Ohio StreetChicago Avenue BridgeHalsted StreetDivision StreetNorth Avenue Bridge2008Cortland Street DrawbridgeLogan Square–Lincoln Park1902Webster AvenueAshland AvenueUnion Pacific North LineFullerton AvenueDamen AvenueDiversey ParkwayWestern AvenueAvondale–North CenterBelmont AvenueAddison Street312 RiverRunMontrose AvenueWilson AvenueCTA Brown LineLawrence AvenueArgyle Street

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