Nichols Bridgeway

Chicago


Renzo Piano designed this silver, pedestrian-only span. It arches from Millennium Park over Monroe St to the Art Institute’s small, 3rd-floor sculpture terrace (which is free to view). Piano, incidentally, also designed the museum's Modern Wing, which is where the sculpture garden is located.

Transportation

  • metro: Brown, Orange, Green, Purple, Pink Line to Washington/Wabash

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