A "secret" bike route from the Loop to Division/Halsted

Next time you're pedaling from downtown to Wicker Park or Lincoln Park, you might try a stealth route I recently stumbled upon, hugging the east side of the Chicago River, traveling underneath the old Montgomery Ward complex and even through the Chicago Avenue bridge house, where you can see the huge yellow gears of the lifting mechanism. A virtual tour of the route is up on Grid Chicago:

http://gridchicago.com/2011/a-stealth-bike-route-from-the-loop-to-d...

Keep moving forward,

John Greenfield

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Permalink Reply by S.Presley☠ on December 27, 2011 at 5:07am

cool...thanks

Permalink Reply by John Greenfield on December 27, 2011 at 12:29pm

Sure thing - let me know what you think of the route.

Permalink Reply by Duppie on December 27, 2011 at 1:52pm

I got to try this someday. It may be a nice alternative to the chaos in front of the 600 West office building.

Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on December 27, 2011 at 2:02pm

Nice! It looks like my new route around that whole Halsted bridge repair mess.

Permalink Reply by Tim S on December 27, 2011 at 2:13pm

cool, will need to give this a try

Permalink Reply by John Greenfield on December 27, 2011 at 2:48pm

Not a bad idea, but remember that the Google map only shows an on-street route. The entire stealth route is not shown on this map, but much of it is shown as green lines hugging the river.

h' said:

Thanks, John!

Permalink Reply by Mike Zumwalt on December 28, 2011 at 7:18am

We rode way too fast to enjoy it so I'll have to ride it again. This Friday maybe?

Permalink Reply by Juan 2-3 or more mi. on December 28, 2011 at 8:37am

+1!!!
 

Tie it in from a Kinzie track approach?


Mike Zumwalt said:

We rode way too fast to enjoy it so I'll have to ride it again. This Friday maybe?

Permalink Reply by Tim S on December 28, 2011 at 9:27am

New way down from WP to the Plaza before CM?

Permalink Reply by igz on December 29, 2011 at 9:48am

you will have to carry your bike out of it tho, stairs are the only way out that im aware of, near the marina, unless something changed since ive been there last.

Permalink Reply by John Greenfield on December 29, 2011 at 11:18am

There's a ramp just north of the townhouse labeled 1017 N.

iggi said:

you will have to carry your bike out of it tho, stairs are the only way out that im aware of, near the marina, unless something changed since ive been there last.

Permalink Reply by S.Presley☠ on December 29, 2011 at 11:52am

Just got back from the route...found out about the stairs and where I needed to go.

I have some video footage of my ride that I'll post as soon as I eat and edit. :)

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