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Permalink Reply by Skip Montanaro 0mi on December 24, 2019 at 1:29am

I just saw that and rushed right over to post it, but you beat me to it. :-) I was unaware of the history. Unfortunately, I think it's often typical that people like Ald. Stone have to age out or die for progress to be made. 

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Permalink Reply by David Barish on December 24, 2019 at 5:06am

We had to  ride over a plastic barrier that  was  already laying on the ground early on Saturday as we were returning from our yearly sojourn to the Winter Solstice Percussion Concert  and marked  the moment of  our first  crossing of the bridge.  When  we got up to Howard Street we really should have ridden over  the  location of the  wall he built to make it more  difficult for  his constituents to shop at the  mall on the north side  of the  street  in Evanston.

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Permalink Reply by DerferMark on December 24, 2019 at 5:10am

Finally! :)

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Permalink Reply by John Greenfield on December 24, 2019 at 6:01am

Sorry folks, it turns out that the Stone Free Bridge is not actually open yet, so please stay off it for now. Per CDOT: "It is NOT open yet. There are still some final items that need to be finished before it opens." [Sad trombone.] They say it probably won't be long until it's officially open.

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Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on December 25, 2019 at 5:56pm

LOL. Yeah, sad trombone. Glad to know before I made my way over ;)

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Permalink Reply by Bob Kastigar on December 27, 2019 at 2:40am

Maybe they'll wait until the Navy Pier Flyover is finished first.

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Permalink Reply by Sean Newby on December 27, 2019 at 5:07am

when i rode by from granville ave. yesterday afternoon the bridge itself was still barricaded, but the sidewalk access at kedzie was open. the path was still barricaded south of petersen though.

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Permalink Reply by Dan Allison on December 30, 2019 at 4:03am

the bridge is officially open as of this morning (12/30)!!!

my daily commutes up and down the north shore channel trail have been forever improved.

the middle 6 miles of my 8 mile commute are actually entirely off-street.

what an excellent belated christmas present!

now, how do we get an under/over-pass for devon? (i'm a greedy man ;) )

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Permalink Reply by John Greenfield on January 7, 2020 at 7:03am

Yep, per CDOT, the bridge is ready to ride: "While punch list work is continuing and landscaping will be completed in the spring, the bridge is officially open."

https://twitter.com/ChicagoDOT/status/1214592140249948162

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Permalink Reply by Bob Kastigar on January 7, 2020 at 9:15am

I rode over the Stone Free Bridge for the first time yesterday.  I'd gone out to Evanston on the bus, but the bus wasn't due to the Purple Line turnaround for 30 minutes and I didn't want to wait.

The next project:  the Weber Spur.

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