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Douglas MacArthur Bridge - Photos

Douglas MacArthur Bridge during sunrise

Douglas MacArthur Bridge detail shot during winter

"Belle Isle bridge" with the Detroit skyline

Douglas MacArthur Bridge with the Detroit skyline during a beautiful full moon set

The MacArthur Bridge is known as simply the "Belle Isle bridge" to most Detroiters.

The bridge opened Nov. 1, 1923.

The bridge and the downtown skyline

The bridge on a foggy morning.

The Belle Isle bridge's formal name is the Douglas MacArthur Bridge.

The MacArthur Bridge has taken generations of Detroiters to Belle Isle.

The bridge was renamed for Douglas MacArthur on Feb. 18, 1942.