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Permalink Reply by Melanie K on February 23, 2011 at 4:56am

Eek. Giant craters. I'll stick to Lincoln Ave for now. It is amazing the damage the winter freeze and thaw creates to the pavement. Thanks for the preview.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on February 23, 2011 at 11:52am

Wow!  That's really torn up.  Thanks for posting.

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Permalink Reply by Joe Watrach on February 23, 2011 at 9:29pm

Damn the winter really tore it up.  I was out on it in December and it was just fine.  That sucks a whole lot.

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Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on February 24, 2011 at 4:20am

Rode the path home from work yesterday.  South of Fullerton was terrible.  The high path was muddy/icy/full of water; higher than the high path was unstable gravel/dirt; paved path was iced and obviously gouged.

Will be taking city route for a while yet, sigh.

 

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Permalink Reply by Mark on February 24, 2011 at 4:48am

That damage was done by the ice storm back in the first week of December.  There was no additional damage after the big 20" snow.  When there is snow and ice on this stretch, I have been cutting through the zoo parking lot.

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Permalink Reply by in it to win it 8.0 mi on February 24, 2011 at 4:51am

Where do you re-enter the LFP after zoo parking lot?

Mark said:

That damage was done by the ice storm back in the first week of December.  There was no additional damage after the big 20" snow.  When there is snow and ice on this stretch, I have been cutting through the zoo parking lot.

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Permalink Reply by Mark on February 24, 2011 at 4:56am

I take the path that crosses the zoo parking lot at the south end, just before the ticket booths and follow the path under one of the bridges under LaSalle Drive and down to North Avenue, where I take State St. and Wabash into the Loop.  On one occasion a few years ago, I continued all the way through the zoo parking lot and onto the LSD exit down to the LaSalle Drive, then back east to the LFT.  That was exciting!

in it to win it said:

Where do you re-enter the LFP after zoo parking lot?

Mark said:

That damage was done by the ice storm back in the first week of December.  There was no additional damage after the big 20" snow.  When there is snow and ice on this stretch, I have been cutting through the zoo parking lot.

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Permalink Reply by Active Transportation Alliance on February 24, 2011 at 5:07am

I think our staff that coordinates with the Park District is aware of this but I'll pass it on just in case.

 

Thanks much,

Ethan Spotts, Marketing & Communication Director, Active Trans

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