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"To let the boats through, the city has to raise 27 bridges on the South and Main branches of the Chicago River, from South Ashland Avenue to Lake Shore Drive, according to the Chicago Department of Transportation.
The Chicago Department of Health has established a call center to address questions from the public.
But no bridge lifts have been requested.Copyright © 2020, Chicago TribuneGrant Crowley, owner of Crowley’s Yacht Yard on the Calumet River, said a couple of dozen boat owners had set April dates to move their boats out, but they’ve all had to reschedule for May.CDOT spokesman Michael Claffey said that in recent weeks, the city has been conducting the annual spring testing of its movable bascule bridges, which must be kept operable to accommodate any requests for boat traffic that does not fit under the bridges.Stevenson said a few boat owners have said they’ve given up on having any kind of sailing season, though most look forward to being back on the water. CDOT is responsible for more than 300 bridge and viaduct structures, including 37 operable movable bridges along the Chicago and Calumet rivers. Please email us at coronavirus@chicago.gov or call 312-746-4835. Carlos Rosas was the friendly manager of Calumet Fisheries, offering samples, inviting people to check out the smoker, and remembering the orders of regulars at a Chicago … Phone lines are currently staffed from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. City officials raised bridges at Michigan Avenue and Wabash Avenue, and both spans were left raised through the overnight hours and into Sunday morning.“The trucks are staged at various locations to help us manage potentially large crowds,” a city spokeswoman said.
Each bridge lift takes an average of 8 to 12 minutes, according to CDOT.The bridge-lifting ritual, which typically runs twice-weekly from mid-April to June and again from September to November when boats go back into storage yards, is an occasion for sightseers to take photographs, and for drivers to grumble when they get stuck waiting for bridges to close.Every spring, the city raises its steel bridges along the Chicago River to allow sailboats to pass from winter storage out onto Lake Michigan.“The lakefront is closed, as long as the lakefront is closed, the harbors are closed and there are no boats in the harbors,” said Scott Stevenson of Westrec Marinas, which manages the harbors for the Chicago Park District and operates a couple of Chicago boat yards.“Everybody is understanding,” Crowley said. Bridges going up along the Chicago River to allow the passage of sailboats is a sign of spring in Chicago.
CDOT designs, builds and maintains the structures that are a critical part of the city’s transportation network through its Capital Bridge and Bridge Maintenance Programs. As billions of people stay indoors to slow the spread of the coronavirus, animals are … Peacocks stroll the streets of Ronda, Spain.
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