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The Stone Bridge

With all the talk and discussion about the Lake Shore Path and the North River extension is anything happening with the "Stone Bridge" project?

Many year ago a bridge was planned, approved, and financed to cross the North Shore Channel, between Lincoln Avenue and Devon, to join the paths on both the east and west sides of the river.

As of now you still need to go out on the street, cross the channel on the narrow street bridges on either Lincoln or Devon. 

Following the election of a new alderman in the 50th Ward this bridge was supposed to be re-planned, approved and finance.

Is anything still going on with the project?

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Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on July 19, 2014 at 11:38am

The bridge isn't named after him, instead the absence of a bridge is named after him.

When (Or even if ever) it is built I think nobody is going to call it the stone bridge without a few other choice adjectives placed before his name.

Permalink Reply by Bob Kastigar on September 13, 2014 at 1:34pm

At the last Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Council meeting it was estimated that plans could be finalized and construction may start in 2016 and the bridge finished by 2017.

 It's a wait but at least it's on the books.

And it may be called the "Stone Bridge" for a long time, by the locals since that name has been in use for a couple of years, at least.

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on September 13, 2014 at 1:49pm
They should build it out of Stone.

If it is going to be that long of a wait I really wish they would at least repaint the lines on the bike lanes on Kedzie between Lincoln and Devon. It's almost impossible to see them in some sections. When I ride through there I refuse to make the retarded backtrack U-turn back up to Lincoln and ride that ridiculously dangerous bridge over to the west bank of the channel where there is no curb cut anyhow to get back onto the trail.
Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on September 15, 2014 at 10:00am

LOADS of irony. POS, indeed.

Self-sealing Stembolt said:

The bridge isn't named after him, instead the absence of a bridge is named after him.

When (Or even if ever) it is built I think nobody is going to call it the stone bridge without a few other choice adjectives placed before his name.

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