The Stone Bridge

With all the talk and discussion about the Lake Shore Path and the North River extension is anything happening with the "Stone Bridge" project?

Many year ago a bridge was planned, approved, and financed to cross the North Shore Channel, between Lincoln Avenue and Devon, to join the paths on both the east and west sides of the river.

As of now you still need to go out on the street, cross the channel on the narrow street bridges on either Lincoln or Devon. 

Following the election of a new alderman in the 50th Ward this bridge was supposed to be re-planned, approved and finance.

Is anything still going on with the project?

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Permalink Reply by Jaik S. on July 15, 2014 at 3:14am

I haven't heard or seen anything, honestly didn't know this was happening...Have you attempted to contact their offices on via the Contact Form on their site?

Permalink Reply by Bob Kastigar on July 15, 2014 at 3:23am

No, since I don't live in the 50th Ward.  I would hope than any participants in the Chainlink who live in that ward would contact their alderman, Ald. Silverstein.

Sept. 10th is the next Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Council meeting, maybe the subject can be brought up there.

Jaik S. said:

I haven't heard or seen anything, honestly didn't know this was happening...Have you attempted to contact their offices on via the Contact Form on their site?

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on July 15, 2014 at 12:00pm

Last I heard this WAS happening.  But nothing ever has come of it.  Looks like if it is planned then it is going to be 2015.  As of the other day nothing was so much as marked out and I've never seen a surveying crew out there so much as measuring it out so as to draw up plans.  

The way this city works it'll probably not even happen in 2015. Don't count on it until 2016 at the earliest.  I'd love to be proven wrong.  But I'm not going to sweat being called out on it. 

Permalink Reply by Duppie on July 16, 2014 at 8:38am
Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on July 16, 2014 at 8:52am

"Happily, last month the Illinois Department of Transportation announced that it is allocating $20 million in Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program funds to bike and ped projects in the region, including $979,600 for the bridge, which will be located just north of Lincoln at Hood Avenue."

$979,600 seems like an awfully specific amount of cash to be "up in the air" about when it comes to a timeline.  

Getting right down to the nearest $100 seems to be pretty hard to do when you don't even know when it is going to start or who is going to be contracted to do the work. 

Such is the Chicago way...

Permalink Reply by Duppie on July 16, 2014 at 10:34am
Who is this Dupppie you speak of?

h' 1.0 said:

"Dupppie?"
There's a blast from the past.....

Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on July 16, 2014 at 12:32pm

Probably because they know you don't live in the 50th ward.

h' 1.0 said:

I tried to do your work for you Bob but the phone just rings and then goes silent.

Maybe someone else will have better luck getting Bob his info.

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Permalink Reply by Dean Bekken on July 18, 2014 at 11:19am
I ride this every week, there's a disc golf course on West bank from Devon to Pratt. No construction. Lots of cars on those streets and narrow busy sidewalks on bridges. Where's that confounded bridge?
Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on July 19, 2014 at 5:38am

The bridge isn't named after him, instead the absence of a bridge is named after him.

When (Or even if ever) it is built I think nobody is going to call it the stone bridge without a few other choice adjectives placed before his name.

Permalink Reply by Bob Kastigar on September 13, 2014 at 7:34am

At the last Mayor's Bicycle Advisory Council meeting it was estimated that plans could be finalized and construction may start in 2016 and the bridge finished by 2017.

 It's a wait but at least it's on the books.

And it may be called the "Stone Bridge" for a long time, by the locals since that name has been in use for a couple of years, at least.

Permalink Reply by Far'arned Retrogrumpalunkus #63 on September 13, 2014 at 7:49am
They should build it out of Stone.

If it is going to be that long of a wait I really wish they would at least repaint the lines on the bike lanes on Kedzie between Lincoln and Devon. It's almost impossible to see them in some sections. When I ride through there I refuse to make the retarded backtrack U-turn back up to Lincoln and ride that ridiculously dangerous bridge over to the west bank of the channel where there is no curb cut anyhow to get back onto the trail.
Permalink Reply by Anne Alt on September 15, 2014 at 4:00am

LOADS of irony. POS, indeed.

Self-sealing Stembolt said:

The bridge isn't named after him, instead the absence of a bridge is named after him.

When (Or even if ever) it is built I think nobody is going to call it the stone bridge without a few other choice adjectives placed before his name.

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