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CBS News
04-08-2025
- CBS News
Road closures as CDOT begins work on Chicago Avenue Bridge, Halsted Street Viaduct
The Chicago Department of Transportation has begun renovating one of the city's infrastructures on the North Side. The city plans to improve the Chicago Avenue Bridge over the Chicago River and the adjacent Halsted Street Viaduct to "improve safety, accessibility, and multimodal connectivity." Starting Monday, Halsted Street will be closed in both directions. The northbound detours include eastbound on Grand Avenue, northbound on Orleans Street, westbound on Division Street, and back to Halsted Street. The southbound detour includes eastbound on Division Street, southbound on LaSalle Drive, westbound on Grand Avenue, and back to Halsted Street. Chicago Avenue from Larrabee Street to Peoria Street will be reduced to one lane. A full closure will come after October. The project is slated to last until December 2026.
CBS News
23-05-2025
- General
- CBS News
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson cuts ribbon on "Soul City West" corridor in Austin
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and the Chicago Department of Transportation celebrated the completion of a multi-million dollar transformation in the city's Austin neighborhood Friday. Johnson and other officials cut the ribbon Friday morning on an $8.7 million streetscape improvement project on Chicago Ave. in Austin known as "Soul City West." The project redesigned Chicago Ave. between Austin Blvd. and Central Ave. to create a safer and more walkable street. The improvements included wider sidewalks, new trees and landscaping along the avenue, better lighting, road resurfacing, bike lanes, high-visibility crosswalks, bus boarding islands, and safety and mobility enhancements. There are two more phases of the project which will extend east to Cicero Ave.
