Millennium Park — BP Bridge Facts and Figures
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Learn about BP Bridge's architect and other interesting facts below.
Schedule
Design Commencement – June 1999
Completion – July 2004
Size
925 feet
Description
The BP Bridge is the first-ever Gehry-designed bridge in the world spanning Columbus Drive, linking Millennium Park to the Daley Bicentennial Plaza and the entire lakefront park system.
Owner
City of Chicago
Architect
Gehry Partners, LLP
Los Angeles, California
Architectural Team
Frank Gehry, Design Partner
Craig Webb, Project Designer
Project Team
Reza Bagherzadeh, Chris Banks, Saffet Bekiroglu, Tom Besai, Manoucher Eslami, James Jackson, Leigh Jerrard, Kurt Komraus, Jason Luk, David May, Chris Mazzier, Frank Medrano, Sy Melgazo, Napolean Merana, Chris Mercier, Julianna Morais, Diego Petrate, Birgit Schneider, Tensho Takemori, Karen Tom, Scott Uriu, Adam Wheeler
Project Management
U.S. Equities Development
Chicago, Illinois
Structural Engineer
OWP/P Architects
Chicago, Illinois
Mechanical and Electrical Engineer
McDonough Associates
Chicago, Illinois
Construction Management
URS Construction Services
Chicago, Illinois
Contractor
Walsh Construction
Chicago, Illinois