The 2015 Chicago Starbucks Card focus' on the many drawbridges that cross the Chicago river. Released early June 2015 and only available in the greater Chicago area. Chicago has many drawbridges; the most of any city in North America. And in classic Second City form, is surpassed only by Amsterdam as the city with the most drawbridges in the world. Chicago has the greatest variety of drawbridge designs of any city on earth. Chicago's historic bridges embody significant engineering and cultural heritage. It is the world's greatest working drawbridge museum. Yet, the last drawbridge to be constructed in Chicago is now 30 years old, and many of the bridges are approaching or have surpassed 100 years of age. Replacing or refurbishing these bridges is expensive; although it may be argued from a industrial heritage, engineering, and architectural standpoint this collection of drawbridges is irreplaceable, while the oldest bridges are increasingly threatened by removal.
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