312 River Run Trail

Nice addition!  Vid from yesterday:

www.facebook.com/WindyCityCyclingClub/videos/473261819982051

Anyone know when it is to be completed and how far north it will go? I think I heard Montrose. Currently it is from Belmont to Grace.

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Permalink Reply by DerferMark on December 2, 2019 at 5:01am

Haven't seen a map but put 2572 W Belmont Ave in your GPS and that should get you there. You're on old path for a bit going north from Belmont.  Enter from Belmont sidewalk on the east bank of river.  Or if you want to start from North end and ride south, start from California and Grace and go over to east side of tennis courts.

Permalink Reply by BertG on December 2, 2019 at 5:12am

Oooh thanks! I was wondering where it was, also!

Permalink Reply by David P. on December 3, 2019 at 4:28am

Thanks! Can I access the trail (bridge) from Melrose/Rockwell via Roscoe, or do I have to go down to Belmont?

Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on December 2, 2019 at 5:17am

I was curious as well, so went exploring yesterday. Here's my totally not-Google-approved map.

Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on December 2, 2019 at 5:21am

Also, there is a similar bridge nearing completion just north of Lincoln between Kedzie and the trail on the west side of the river. When I went by yesterday, the concrete on the bridge itself was curing. The approaches had yet to be paved.

Permalink Reply by BertG on December 2, 2019 at 9:30am

Saweeettt!!! Thanks for the rudiment drawings! LOL

This helps a ton.

Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on December 4, 2019 at 6:39am

No problem. Nobody ever accused me of being an artist, so rudimentary is about the pinnacle of the craft for me. :-)

Anyone know how we'd get one or more of the mapping systems to officially incorporate these two bridges into their maps? The Navy Pier flyover nears completion as well. My guess is it will generate a small tweak to the maps.

Permalink Reply by BertG on December 4, 2019 at 6:53am

Oh man, that is a great question on how it can be updated!

The only pertinent information I found is from this link:

https://support.google.com/maps/thread/6951258?hl=en

By either user submission to report an error or by government official.

Permalink Reply by djm on December 10, 2019 at 6:27am

I am not a fan of the rusted metal aesthetic of the support structure. Why does it have to look dilapidated from day 1?

It is likely weathering steel (a/k/a COR-TEN), which does not require painting.

Permalink Reply by DerferMark on December 9, 2019 at 12:52pm
Permalink Reply by Harry Lee on December 10, 2019 at 7:57am

Have yet to ride this but got the chance to check it out on a run last week and it was fun- a nice addition to the local trail system, but it definitely leaves me wanting expansion in both directions.

Going north, I know Manor greenway is supposed to serve as the connector to the North Shore Channel Trail, but that just seems so shortsighted when talking about a continuous river trail system. Even if the land along the river can't be acquired through eminent domain, why couldn't something like this - something that goes over the river and doesn't leverage the land - work along that stretch, too? Obviously there's a cost component to it, but I wonder how that compares to whatever buyout would come with the eminent domain.

Along the bridge itself - I saw how close the bridge brings user to the CIBC Fire Pitch, and wondered if it was even considered to put an entry point there? Seems like it would have been a nice convenience to add.

Heading south, there's a small gap between the end of this trail at Belmont and the trail at the former Lathrop Homes site at Diversey. ATA is currently collecting proposals to close that gap (I believe) - I would love to see something that allows direct access to Metropolitan Brewing's absolutely gorgeous taproom @ Rockwell while allowing users to avoid Belmont altogether. An underbridge at Belmont seems obvious there, and while the easiest entry point to adding an off-street trail would be to keep it running along the east side of the river, it'd be great if it could span both sides or jump over to the west side of the river to provide access to the Metro site.

All that said, yes, this bridge is great and having the underbridge at Irving Park will be also great :)

Permalink Reply by John Greenfield on December 16, 2019 at 4:50am

Here's the Streetsblog map of routes to and from the bridge, if anyone still needs this.

https://chi.streetsblog.org/2019/12/08/take-a-virtual-ride-on-the-n...

For street names, you can zoom in on the map on Google Maps:

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1csPHQatA6V4DNoQ3FG5rf7FnujZwfTIz&...

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