Wells Street at Merchandise Mart

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Permalink Reply by Steven Vance on July 10, 2012 at 12:23am

News on the Wells Street bridge reconstruction: Governor Quinn will unveil a $1.6 billion transportation projects list Tuesday in Bellwood. The $1.6 billion, all in bonds (yay for borrowed money), includes $22.5 million for the Wells Street bridge. 

From the Chicago Tribune. 

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Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on July 10, 2012 at 8:12am

I've taken the lane on Wells several days since the shared signage has been installed with good results.

 

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Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on July 16, 2012 at 10:33am

It's going to take a whole year? Awesome... How is the CTA going to run the Brown Line over the bridge if it is being torn apart? It will have to be routed via the State St. subway on weekends, so Armitage, Sedgwick, Chicago/Franklin, and Merchandise Mart will not have service on the weekends? That's going to go over well...

Cameron Puetz said:

Road closures are expected to begin in December.

http://www.suntimes.com/news/transportation/13758202-418/wells-stre...

Steven Vance said:

News on the Wells Street bridge reconstruction: Governor Quinn will unveil a $1.6 billion transportation projects list Tuesday in Bellwood. The $1.6 billion, all in bonds (yay for borrowed money), includes $22.5 million for the Wells Street bridge. 

From the Chicago Tribune. 

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Permalink Reply by Steven Vance on July 17, 2012 at 1:57pm

What Cameron said. 

"In its planning process, the city has said CTA trains will be minimally affected — meaning train service might only be curtailed during the weekends, and that CTA buses that travel down Wells will be rerouted.

But the CTA says those plans haven’t been finalized and that the agency is continuing discussions with city planners."

Here's what the street markings will look like when the bridge is complete (with concrete infill):

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