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Permalink Reply by Adam Herstein on May 15, 2012 at 3:51am

Elston will make a nice detour in the mean time. CDOT is in the process of adding protected and buffered bike lanes from Milwaukee to North Ave.


Duppie said:

I tried it northbound last night. While there was a concrete layer installed on the bike lane, it was cordoned off for no apparent reason, forcing northbound riders to ride over the grated bridge. Not fun

I'm sure it will be nice once it is complete, but in the meantime I'll avoid it.

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on June 27, 2012 at 4:03am

How is Halsted now? I heard something about a bit of recent construction near Webster.  Is that done?  Is there any other construction between Webster and Hubbard?

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Permalink Reply by Steven Vance on June 27, 2012 at 4:32am

There is construction on the Halsted overpass (over Kinzie and RR tracks) from Green to Wayman. There's one lane in each direction, and both directions are sharing the northbound side of the median. As is typical, there is no accommodation (space or signage) for people who are bicycling. 

This is in addition to the awful pavement under the viaduct on Halsted at Hubbard. 

I don't think there's any other construction from there to Webster (except for maybe some spot construction that I didn't pay much attention to). 

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Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on June 27, 2012 at 7:01am

Good to know.  Thanks!

Steven Vance said:

There is construction on the Halsted overpass (over Kinzie and RR tracks) from Green to Wayman. There's one lane in each direction, and both directions are sharing the northbound side of the median. As is typical, there is no accommodation (space or signage) for people who are bicycling. 

This is in addition to the awful pavement under the viaduct on Halsted at Hubbard. 

I don't think there's any other construction from there to Webster (except for maybe some spot construction that I didn't pay much attention to). 

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Permalink Reply by Al Ribskis on June 27, 2012 at 7:15am

Even before this work ( @ the tracks ) began, I'd always use a Halsted bypass: one street west,  Green St. [ detouring via Fulton and then to Grand or Elston ].  So much more civilized and the RR crossing is not too bad, just 3 Metra tracks.

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Permalink Reply by Steven Vance on June 27, 2012 at 9:51pm

I found this years ago and use it exclusively. It works wonderfully. Crossing Grand can take a little of extra time, but it's worth it. Easy to get to Milwaukee, too. 

Here's a map for those who want to know more. 

If you want to get to UIC without going on Halsted (which has a lot of lights), take Green and Peoria Streets. 

Al Ribskis said:

Even before this work ( @ the tracks ) began, I'd always use a Halsted bypass: one street west,  Green St. [ detouring via Fulton and then to Grand or Elston ].  So much more civilized and the RR crossing is not too bad, just 3 Metra tracks.

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Permalink Reply by Lisa Curcio on June 28, 2012 at 12:30am

This works to get to Kinzie, too--avoids getting over under the viaduct to make the turn. Of course, you do have to go up the hill from Green to Desplaines. :-)

Steven Vance said:

I found this years ago and use it exclusively. It works wonderfully. Crossing Grand can take a little of extra time, but it's worth it. Easy to get to Milwaukee, too. 

Here's a map for those who want to know more. 

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