Damen Avenue bridge history

Does anyone remember when the Damen Avenue bridge was rebuilt/replaced in 1999-2000? This is the bridge over the North Branch Chicago River between Fullerton and Diversey.

My questions:

1. When it was opened, did it have 4 lanes?

2. When was it reconfigured to have 2 lanes and 2 bike lanes?

3. Why?

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on July 22, 2013 at 10:57am

:) I remember it being a very cold night and appreciating a little warm-up at a neighborhood place after doing some shooting.

h' 1.0 said:

I love the way the bridge looks like it's crossing some sort of vast expanse of mystery-matter (is it a body of water? A giant bottomless chiasm?) in the photos.

Anne Alt said:

I shot this photo in December, 1999 in the first winter after the bridge was built. The original red paint was beautiful when it was new, but it faded too quickly.