Crosses Detroit River Design Arch bridge Total length 668 m Opened 1 November 1923 | Other name(s) Belle Isle Bridge Address Detroit, MI 48214, USA Clearance below 9.1 m Body of water Detroit River | |
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Carries 5 lanes of East Grand Blvd. Locale Detroit, Michigan and Belle Isle Park Official name Douglas MacArthur Bridge Similar Belle Isle Park, Detroit River, James Scott Memorial, Belle Isle Conservatory, Ambassador Bridge | ||
The MacArthur Bridge is a bridge that spans the Detroit River between Detroit, Michigan and Belle Isle. The bridge, which features nineteen total arches across 2,193 feet (668 m), provides main access to Belle Isle. Completed in 1923 for $2,635,000 USD, it replaced an iron bridge with wooden decking that accidentally caught fire and was destroyed in 1915. The bridge, popularly known as the Belle Isle Bridge, was originally named the George Washington Bridge and later renamed the Douglas MacArthur Bridge after General Douglas MacArthur in 1942. It was restored in 1986 at a cost of $11.5 million.
In 1913, William Edmund Scripps (of the Scripps publishing family), flew a Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company flying boat underneath the original Belle Isle Bridge.