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The Bloomingdale Trail is a 2.7-mile (4.3 km) elevated rail trail linear park running east–west on the northwest side of Chicago. It is the longest greenway project of a former elevated rail line in the Western Hemisphere, and the second longest in the world, after the Promenade plantee linear park in Paris. In 2015, the City of Chicago ...
The Chicago Lakefront Trail (LFT [1]) is a 18.5-mile-long (29.8 km) [2] partial shared-use path for walking, jogging, skateboarding, and cycling, located along the western shore of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois. The trail passes through and connects Chicago's four major lakefront parks along with various beaches and recreational amenities.
The route splits off from U.S. Route 41 at Bryn Mawr Avenue by Lake Michigan on the north side of the city. US 14 then recrosses US 41 and eventually exits the city as Caldwell Avenue. US 30: US 34: The route originally began downtown and ran west on Ogden Avenue and through the suburbs, continuing through Aurora and on to Iowa.
Initially, US 41 followed what used to be Illinois Route 42. [2] In 1931, it was rerouted away from Zion and Winthrop Harbor while IL 42 north of Chicago remained untouched. [3] In 1935, an entire section of US 41 between Chicago and Waukegan was realigned to a new alignment. The new alignment closely matched the current routing of US 41. [4]
Right-of-way and trackage used by the Evanston Branch and the North–South Route (today's Red Line) between Leland Avenue and the Wilmette terminal was purchased by the CTA in 1953 from the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad. [20] In turn, the railroad received US$7 million in CTA revenue bonds. [21]
The newer of the two sections, between Villa Park and West Chicago in DuPage County, [1] is made up of right-of-way that was abandoned piecemeal throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. As the railway was abandoned, the government of DuPage County made upgrades to the path, and between 1990 through 1992, the trail was converted from a rail grade ...
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OpenStreetMap map of the Pedway Sign of the Chicago Pedway. An underground Pedway tunnel Inside a Pedway bridge between the Ogilvie Transportation Center and 2 North Riverside Plaza The Chicago Pedway is a network of tunnels , ground-level concourses and bridges in Chicago, Illinois connecting skyscrapers, retail stores, hotels, and train ...