Franklin Street Bridge, Chicago

Name: Franklin Street Bridge
Address: 350 North Franklin St, Chicago, United States

#139 among attractions in Chicago

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The Franklin–Orleans Street Bridge, commonly known as the Franklin Street Bridge, is a bascule bridge over the Chicago River, in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was built in October 1920, and is located directly southwest of the Merchandise Mart. Connecting the Near North Side with "The Loop," is at the junction of the branches of the river, lying directly west of the Wells Street Bridge. It carries four lanes of traffic in the northbound direction, and sidewalks are available on both sides of the bridge. ()

Opened: 1920 (104 years ago)Length: 320 ftWidth: 62 ftCoordinates: 41°53'15"N, 87°38'9"W

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350 North Franklin StDowntown (Near North Side)Chicago United States

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Franklin Street Bridge – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Wolf Point, Civic Opera House, Frontera Grill, Wells Street Bridge.

~620 ftW
Park
Wolf Point, Chicago
4 min walk • Wolf Point is the location at the confluence of the North, South and Main Branches of the Chicago River in the present day Near North Side, Loop, and Near West Side community areas of Chicago.
~1840 ftS
Theater, Opera, Concerts and shows
Civic Opera House, Chicago
9 min walk • The Civic Opera House, also called Lyric Opera House is an opera house located at 20 North Wacker Drive in Chicago. The Civic's main performance space, named for Ardis Krainik, seats 3,563, making it the second-largest opera auditorium in North America, after the Metropolitan Opera House.
~1770 ftNE
Nightlife, Restaurant
Frontera Grill, Chicago
9 min walk • Frontera Grill is a Mexican restaurant in Chicago, Illinois. It is owned by Rick Bayless. It opened on March 21, 1987, at 445 N. Clark Street in Chicago's River North neighborhood and was Bayless' first restaurant. In 2011, the Chicago Sun-Times called it "a study in the art of Mexican cookery".
~520 ftE
Bridge
Wells Street Bridge, Chicago
3 min walk • The Wells Street Bridge is a bascule bridge over the Chicago River, in downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States, which was built in 1922.
~950 ftNW
Bridge
Kinzie Street Bridge, Chicago
5 min walk • The Chicago and North Western Railway's Kinzie Street railroad bridge is a single leaf bascule bridge across the north branch of the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, Illinois. At the time of its opening in 1908 it was the world's longest and heaviest bascule bridge.
0.4 miSE
Gothic Revival architecture, Theater, Concerts and shows
Oriental Theatre, Chicago
11 min walk • The James M. Nederlander Theatre is a theater located at 24 West Randolph Street in the Loop area of downtown Chicago, Illinois. Previously known as the Oriental Theatre, it opened in 1926 as a deluxe movie palace and vaudeville venue.
~1330 ftE
Bridge
Clark Street Bridge, Chicago
7 min walk • The Clark Street Bridge is a bascule bridge that spans the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, connecting the Near North Side with The Loop via Clark Street.
~1390 ftSE
Theater, Concerts and shows, Opera
Cadillac Palace Theatre, Chicago
7 min walk • The Cadillac Palace Theatre is operated by Broadway In Chicago, a Nederlander company. It is located at 151 West Randolph Street in the Chicago Loop area.
~320 ftNW
Skyscraper
Merchandise Mart, Chicago
2 min walk • The Merchandise Mart is a commercial building located in downtown Chicago, Illinois. When it was opened in 1930, it was the largest building in the world, with 4 million square feet of floor space. The Art Deco structure is located at the junction of the Chicago River's branches.
~1040 ftSW
Skyscraper
150 North Riverside, Chicago
6 min walk • 150 North Riverside Plaza is a highrise building in Chicago, Illinois, completed in 2017. The building is 54 stories tall. The building occupies a two-acre site on the west bank of the Chicago River, whose size and location demanded an unusually small base for the building.
~1490 ftE
Modernist architecture, Postmodern architecture
77 West Wacker Drive, Chicago
8 min walk • 77 West Wacker Drive, previously the United Building, is an American office building in the Loop, Chicago. Finished in 1992, the building rises to a height of 668 ft with around 944,000 square feet of interior space. The building, with 50 floors, was designed by Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Which popular attractions are close to Franklin Street Bridge?

Nearby attractions include Merchandise Mart, Chicago (2 min walk), 333 West Wacker, Chicago (2 min walk), Wells Street Bridge, Chicago (3 min walk), Wolf Point, Chicago (4 min walk).

How to get to Franklin Street Bridge by public transport?

The nearest stations to Franklin Street Bridge:

Bus

Wacker & Lake • Lines: 125 (3 min walk)
Franklin & Lake/West Wacker • Lines: 37 (3 min walk)

Metro

Merchandise Mart • Lines: Brown, Purple (4 min walk)
Clark/Lake • Lines: Blue, Brown, Green, Orange, Pink, Purple (7 min walk)

Train

Ogilvie Transportation Center (9 min walk)
Chicago Union Station (16 min walk)