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Outside of Chicago, Joliet has the largest number of operable lift bridges in the Midwest. Its six bridges, built circa 1930, represent three of only four design styles of lift bridges made in the world. The black railroad bridge is a vertical lift bridge, Scherzer rolling lift bridges are found at McDonough, Jefferson, Cass, and Jackson Streets, and the Ruby Street bridge is a bascule trunnion bridge.
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