Navy Pier Flyover to close Tuesday 9/3 for about a month - The Chainlink2024-03-29T12:39:46Zhttps://thechainlink.org/forum/topics/navy-pier-flyover-to-close-tuesday-9-3-for-about-a-month?commentId=2211490%3AComment%3A1128152&xg_source=activity&feed=yes&xn_auth=noEvery single person involved…tag:thechainlink.org,2020-03-14:2211490:Comment:11355392020-03-14T17:44:27.840ZJim Rehohttps://thechainlink.org/profile/JimReho
Every single person involved in the design, planning, and physical construction of that project should have been fired years ago. This project began in 2014. It is an absolute disgrace that it is taking so long to complete. Anyone want to bet that it won't go into 2021?
Every single person involved in the design, planning, and physical construction of that project should have been fired years ago. This project began in 2014. It is an absolute disgrace that it is taking so long to complete. Anyone want to bet that it won't go into 2021? https://www.chicagotribune.co…tag:thechainlink.org,2020-03-14:2211490:Comment:11355372020-03-14T12:19:25.142ZBob Kastigarhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/BobKastigar
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<h1 class="spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom abdp-headline">Navy Pier Flyover completion delayed again, due to problems on 1930s-era Lake Shore Drive bridge</h1>
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<div class="crd clln--it"><div class=" crd--cnt"><p>The much-anticipated completion of the Navy Pier Flyover bike and pedestrian path has been delayed again, due to the need for more extensive repairs on the Depression-era Lake Shore Drive bridge over the Chicago River, city officials said.</p>
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<div class="crd clln--it"><div class=" crd--cnt"><p>The $64 million flyover, started in 2014, is now expected to be complete by the end of this year. The city had originally planned to cut the <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/transportation/ct-biz-navy-pier-flyover-completion-delayed-20191010-qm6gghtyvbh4joynnawrdjyjni-story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ribbon on the flyover in 2018</a>, then <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-met-navy-pier-flyover-getting-around-20171009-story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">last year</a>, then <a href="https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/transportation/ct-biz-navy-pier-flyover-completion-delayed-20191010-qm6gghtyvbh4joynnawrdjyjni-story.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">this spring</a>.</p>
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<div class="crd clln--it"><div class=" crd--cnt"><p>To complete work on the Lake Shore Drive bridge, there also will be a new traffic configuration on lower Lake Shore Drive, starting Monday. Northbound vehicle traffic, currently moving on the east side of the bridge, will be moved to the center of the bridge. Northbound vehicles on lower Lake Shore Drive will be able to access upper Lake Shore Drive, but will no longer be able get to Illinois Street and Grand Avenue, according to city officials.</p>
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<div class="crd clln--it"><div class=" crd--cnt"><p>Bike and pedestrian traffic will be moved to the center lane, separated from vehicle traffic, starting on Tuesday.</p>
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<div class="crd clln--it"><div class=" crd--cnt"><p>Chicago Department of Transportation Chief Engineer Dan Burke said workers found “additional deterioration” on the Lake Shore Drive bridge, which meant more time and more repairs.</p>
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</div> Does the city have a winter p…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-11-01:2211490:Comment:11307572019-11-01T14:57:00.854ZTricolorhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/Tricolor
<p>Does the city have a winter plan for the flyover? Everything was bad today but I can't see throwing salt all over the flyover and since it's got air underneath it'll be frozen all the time, anyway.</p>
<p>Does the city have a winter plan for the flyover? Everything was bad today but I can't see throwing salt all over the flyover and since it's got air underneath it'll be frozen all the time, anyway.</p> I've wondered how they intent…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-10-10:2211490:Comment:11298662019-10-10T21:13:40.331ZTricolorhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/Tricolor
<p>I've wondered how they intent to tear through the bridge houses without affecting the lifting equipment, or how to balance the weight of the trail for the bridge to open for that matter.</p>
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<p>I remember an article a few years ago about someone that lived in the metalwork of the bridge for a winter and had electricity and a TV and everything. A few times he got caught in a raising and has his world go sideways...</p>
<p>I've wondered how they intent to tear through the bridge houses without affecting the lifting equipment, or how to balance the weight of the trail for the bridge to open for that matter.</p>
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<p>I remember an article a few years ago about someone that lived in the metalwork of the bridge for a winter and had electricity and a TV and everything. A few times he got caught in a raising and has his world go sideways...</p> The long-awaited completion o…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-10-10:2211490:Comment:11296622019-10-10T11:23:35.757ZBob Kastigarhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/BobKastigar
<h1 class="spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The long-awaited completion of the Navy Pier Flyover along the lakefront has been delayed yet again, this time until late spring of 2020.</span></h1>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The 1,750-foot-long, 16-foot-wide steel and concrete flyover bridge is taking twice as long to build as the Willis Tower, which took three years, and three times as long as the Ambassador Bridge crossing the Detroit River into…</span></p>
<h1 class="spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The long-awaited completion of the Navy Pier Flyover along the lakefront has been delayed yet again, this time until late spring of 2020.</span></h1>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The 1,750-foot-long, 16-foot-wide steel and concrete flyover bridge is taking twice as long to build as the Willis Tower, which took three years, and three times as long as the Ambassador Bridge crossing the Detroit River into Canada, which took two.</span></p>
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<p></p> So glad to have this back up…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-09-25:2211490:Comment:11284412019-09-25T13:43:38.133ZPhillip Hutchinsonhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/PhillipHutchinson
<p>So glad to have this back up and running. </p>
<p><br/>The last month was a good reminder of how awful and dangerous the intersections at Grand and Illinois are for pedestrians and cyclists. The NP flyover isn't perfect, but it's way better than what we had. </p>
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<p>I hope the third phase goes smoothly and look forward to it's completion, and avoiding lower Lake Shore Drive forever. </p>
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<p>So glad to have this back up and running. </p>
<p><br/>The last month was a good reminder of how awful and dangerous the intersections at Grand and Illinois are for pedestrians and cyclists. The NP flyover isn't perfect, but it's way better than what we had. </p>
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<p>I hope the third phase goes smoothly and look forward to it's completion, and avoiding lower Lake Shore Drive forever. </p>
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<p></p> It opened sometime yesterday.…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-09-24:2211490:Comment:11283472019-09-24T21:51:24.604ZTricolorhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/Tricolor
<p>It opened sometime yesterday. Was closed in the morning and opened in the afternoon. It's not finished; there are big plastic barricades on both sides making the new section very narrow. And there's a severe dog-leg between the new path and the bridge sidewalk to navigate.</p>
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<p>The mornings have definitely been cooler this week so far.</p>
<p>It opened sometime yesterday. Was closed in the morning and opened in the afternoon. It's not finished; there are big plastic barricades on both sides making the new section very narrow. And there's a severe dog-leg between the new path and the bridge sidewalk to navigate.</p>
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<p>The mornings have definitely been cooler this week so far.</p> It's only September, was the…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-09-24:2211490:Comment:11282632019-09-24T20:14:15.658ZBob Kastigarhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/BobKastigar
<p>It's only September, was the temperature that low?</p>
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<p>It's only September, was the temperature that low?</p>
<p></p> The completed section of the…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-09-24:2211490:Comment:11282472019-09-24T11:18:37.158ZBob Kastigarhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/BobKastigar
<div class="crd clln--it"><div class="crd--cnt"><p>The completed section of the Lakefront Trail’s Navy Pier Flyover, which was closed for three weeks for construction, reopened to cyclists and pedestrians on Monday, the city said.</p>
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<div class="crd clln--it"><div class=" crd--cnt"><p>The Chicago Department of Transportation closed the Flyover so the completed portion could be connected to the second phase of the project, which is almost done, the transportation…</p>
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<div class="crd clln--it"><div class="crd--cnt"><p>The completed section of the Lakefront Trail’s Navy Pier Flyover, which was closed for three weeks for construction, reopened to cyclists and pedestrians on Monday, the city said.</p>
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<div class="crd clln--it"><div class=" crd--cnt"><p>The Chicago Department of Transportation closed the Flyover so the completed portion could be connected to the second phase of the project, which is almost done, the transportation department said in a news release.</p>
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<div class="crd clln--it"><div class=" crd--cnt"><p>The city started building the $64 million flyover project in 2014 to bypass the Lakefront Trail’s dangerous bottleneck near Navy Pier, where the trail continued along the street through a busy intersection at Grand and Illinois streets.</p>
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<div class="crd clln--it"><div class=" crd--cnt"><p class="stop-here">The finished part of the Flyover extends from Ohio Beach and crosses over Grand and Illinois as well as Ogden Slip and DuSable Park.</p>
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<div class="crd clln--it"><div class=" crd--cnt"><p>Work continues on the rest of the Flyover, which includes retrofitting the existing, 1930s-era Lake Shore Drive bridge and cutting paths through the bridge houses.</p>
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</div> I long ago lost track of how…tag:thechainlink.org,2019-09-11:2211490:Comment:11280492019-09-11T15:26:15.106ZCarter O'Brienhttps://thechainlink.org/profile/CarterOBrien
<p>I long ago lost track of how many ambulances I saw at lower LSD and Grand due to the blind spot the Lake Point Tower creates. There is a very good reason building private residences east of LSD was prohibited, but the story (urban myth perhaps) is that the Outfit had a good sized role in getting an exception made.</p>
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<p>Regardless, as a multi-decade user of the LFT at this point, I have never heard any regular commuters/other users who thought the prior situation was OK. It was…</p>
<p>I long ago lost track of how many ambulances I saw at lower LSD and Grand due to the blind spot the Lake Point Tower creates. There is a very good reason building private residences east of LSD was prohibited, but the story (urban myth perhaps) is that the Outfit had a good sized role in getting an exception made.</p>
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<p>Regardless, as a multi-decade user of the LFT at this point, I have never heard any regular commuters/other users who thought the prior situation was OK. It was already jammed up before the "return to the CBD" craze started, so with the addition of the pedicabs and additional crowds Millennium and Maggie Daley Parks bring in, something had to be done. Navy Pier pulls in 9 million visitors a year- having a pinch point where they are in conflict with bike commuters, car commuters, buses and pedestrians is a long-needed fix.</p>
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