Michigan Avenue bridge - Markers

The Michigan Avenue bridge,a designated Chicago Landmark, has many interesting features ... Here the focus is on the markers on the bridge that spells it's history and engineering feats ..
# Northeast corner - in honor of Louis Jolliet & Pere Jacques Marquette, first white men to pass through the Chicago River in 1673 ..
# Southwest corner - in honor of La Salle & Henry De Tonti, who passed through the Chicago River on their way to the Mississipp in 1681 ..

Also on the Michigan Avenue bridge towers:
# Sculptural Relief: Defense, Regeneration, The Pioneers, and The Discoverers ..[by James Earle Fraser and Henry Hering].. click here ..







Northeast corner of the bridge ...
near the sculptural relief "Discoverers", by James E Fraser .. click here ..

The plaque reads ..
In honor of Louis Jolliet & Pere Jacques Marquette ..
The first white men to pass through the Chicago River, September 1673.
This tablet is placed by the Illinois Society of the Colonial Dames of America ..
Under the auspices of the Chicago Historical Society, 1925 ...





Southwest corner of the bridge ...
near the sculptural relief "Defense", by Henry Hering .. click here ..

The plaque reads ..
In honor of Rene Robert Cavalier Sieur De La Salle & Henry De Tonti ..
who passed through the river on their way to the Mississippi, December 1681.
This tablet is placed by the Illinois Society of the Colonial Dames of America ..
Under the auspices of the Chicago Historical Society, 1925 ...






Southeast corner and Northwest corner ... have the same marker ..
I'm not elaborating on the entire content of theis marker ..
WM Hale Thompson - Mayor
Michael J Faherty - President - Board of Local Improvements...
Open for traffic May 14th 1920 ...