Michigan Avenue Bridge - Chicago, Illinois

Address:Chicago River between Michigan and Wabash
Chicago, Illinois

The Michigan Avenue Bridge, completed in 1920, links the Loop with North Michigan Avenue's Magnificent Mile. On the southwest corner is one of the plaques marking the site where Fort Dearborn stood, while the plaque on the north end marks the homestead of Chicago's first settler, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable. The sculptures around the area are both artistic and controversial, as they depict the Native Americans of the time as savages, and as the enemy during the battles for Chicago. Nevertheless, the bridge is the most photographed spot in Chicago, more for its beauty than for its history.